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2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59-B - Purchase or Acquisition of Lands; Payment of Purchase Price.

§ 59-b. Purchase  or  acquisition of lands; payment of purchase price.
  The commission shall cause an appraisal to be made of just  compensation
  to  the  owners  of  the  lands  and  the structures and waters thereon,
  appropriated by the state as hereinbefore provided, and of  the  estates
  and  interests  therein  of all persons, corporations or municipalities.
  The commission shall negotiate with the owners of such property for  the
  purchase  thereof,  but  in  no  case  shall  an amount greater than the
  appraised compensation for such property be paid.   The  commission  and
  the  persons,  corporations  and  municipalities whose property has been
  appropriated and  who  have  agreed  upon  a  compensation  to  be  paid
  therefor,  shall  enter into an agreement for the conveyance or transfer
  of the property appropriated and for the payment of the compensation  to
  be  paid, which shall be executed by the commission and the said owners.
  Such agreement shall be filed in the office of the comptroller.  If  the
  commission is unable to agree as to the compensation to be paid for such
  lands  and  the structures and waters thereon, the court of claims shall
  have jurisdiction to determine the amount of such compensation, and upon
  proceedings being brought before such court as provided by law, an award
  shall be made of compensation for the lands, structures  and  waters  or
  interests therein so appropriated.
The  persons,  corporations  or municipalities whose property has been
  taken under the provisions of this article, and who have agreed upon the
  compensation to be paid therefor or to whom an award of compensation has
  been made by the court of claims, shall be entitled to interest from the
  time of the actual occupancy thereof by the state to  the  date  of  the
  payment of the said compensation; but such interest shall cease upon the
  service  by the comptroller upon the person, corporation or municipality
  entitled thereto of a notice that the state is ready and willing to  pay
  the  amount  of  such compensation upon the presentation of proper proof
  and vouchers.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59-C - Searches of Title.

§ 59-c. Searches  of  title. The attorney-general shall furnish to the
  commission all searches necessary to prove the title to the lands  taken
  as  provided  in this article. The expense of making such searches shall
  be paid from the treasury out of the funds appropriated therefor, on the
  audit and warrant of the comptroller.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59-D - Use of Lands So Acquired.

§ 59-d. Use  of  lands  so acquired. Whenever lands and the structures
  and waters thereon shall have been  so  appropriated  for  the  purposes
  hereinbefore prescribed, the governor shall have the authority to direct
  the carrying out of such purposes for and on behalf of the people of the
  state  or  in co-operation with the government of the United States, and
  the expense thereof shall  be  paid  from  the  treasury  out  of  funds
  appropriated therefor, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59-E - Deed or Release of Land So Acquired to United States.

§ 59-e. Deed  or  release  of  land  so acquired to United States. The
  governor may, if requested by any officer or agent of the United  States
  duly  authorized  under  the  hand  and seal of any head of an executive
  department of the government of the United States,  execute  a  deed  or
  release  to  the  government  of  the United States of the lands and the
  structures and waters thereon, described in the survey and map filed  in
  the office of the secretary of state as hereinbefore provided, excepting
  and  reserving  therefrom an easement for public highway purposes in and
  over the lands acquired for highway purposes pursuant to  this  article.
  Such deed or release may be so executed at any time after the commission
  shall  have  entered upon and taken possession of such lands, structures
  and waters. Such deed or release shall be in the form agreed upon by the
  governor and the proper representative of the government of  the  United
  States  and  shall  convey  title  to  the  lands, structures and waters
  described therein to the government of the United States, to be used for
  purposes of public defense and shall  cede  to  the  United  States  the
  jurisdiction  over  the  tracts  or parcels of land so described, to the
  extent and in the manner hereinafter  provided.  Such  deed  or  release
  shall  be  executed  in duplicate in the name of the state and under its
  great seal. One of such duplicates shall be filed and  recorded  in  the
  office of the secretary of state of the state of New York, and the other
  shall  be delivered to the proper executive department of the government
  of the United States.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59-F - Concurrent Jurisdiction as to Service of Process.

§ 59-f. Concurrent   jurisdiction   as  to  service  of  process.  The
  jurisdiction so ceded shall be upon the express condition that the state
  of New York shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United  States
  on  and  over  the property and premises so conveyed, so far as that all
  civil and criminal process, which may issue under the laws or  authority
  of  the state of New York, may be executed thereon in the same manner as
  if such jurisdiction had not been ceded, except so far as  such  process
  may affect the real or personal property of the United States.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59-G - Exemption of Property From State Taxation.

§ 59-g. Exemption  of  property  from  state taxation. The property so
  conveyed and released to the United States shall be  exempted  from  all
  taxes,  assessments  and  other  charges, which may be levied or imposed
  under the authority of this state; but the jurisdiction hereby ceded and
  the exemption from taxation hereby granted shall continue in respect  to
  such  property  so  long  as  the  same shall remain the property of the
  United States and be used for purposes of public defense, and no longer.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59-H - Statement to Be Published in Session Laws.

§ 59-h. Statement  to  be  published in session laws. The secretary of
  state shall cause to  be  printed  in  the  session  laws  of  the  year
  succeeding  the  filing  in  his office of said deed, a statement of the
  date of the filing of the survey and map of the  lands,  structures  and
  waters  so appropriated, and a copy of the deed or release of the lands,
  structures and waters so conveyed or ceded, together with  the  date  of
  the recording of said deed or release in the office of the department of
  state.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations › 59-I - Definitions.

§ 59-i. Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article, the following terms
  shall mean and include:
"United Nations." The international organization of governments  known
  as  the  United  Nations established June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred
  forty-five.
"Land." The land itself above and under water, all buildings and other
  structures, substructures and superstructures, erected on or  above,  or
  affixed  to  the  same; all wharves and piers; and all interests in land
  whether in fee or less than full title.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations › 59-J - Acquisition of Land.

§ 59-j. Acquisition  of  land.  The  United  Nations may take by gift,
  grant or devise, acquire by purchase, but not by condemnation, any  land
  necessary,  useful  or  convenient  in carrying on the functions of such
  organization within the state and hold,  transmit  and  dispose  of  the
  same.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations › 59-K - Proceedings.

§ 59-k. Proceedings.  Whenever  the  United  Nations  is  desirous  of
  acquiring  land   by   purchase   for   any   of   its   purposes,   the
  secretary-general   of  the  United  Nations,  or  other  representative
  designated by him, may apply for any relief permitted by the laws of the
  state of New York that may be necessary for  the  purpose  of  acquiring
  such  land,  to  any  court  of the state having jurisdiction within the
  county in which the land is located.  All deeds, conveyances  and  other
  papers  relating  to the title of lands within the state acquired by the
  United Nations pursuant to the provisions  of  this  article,  or  other
  general  or  special  law,  federal,  state or local, shall be filed and
  recorded in the office of the register, if any, or if not in the  office
  of  the  county  clerk  of  the  county  where  the land is located, and
  certified copies filed in the office of the secretary of  state  of  the
  state of New York at Albany.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations › 59-L - Governor May Cede Jurisdiction.

§ 59-l. Governor  may  cede  jurisdiction.  The  governor  of New York
  state, upon application by the United Nations, is authorized, to execute
  in duplicate, in the name of the state and under its great seal, a  deed
  or  release of the state ceding jurisdiction, to such extent and on such
  conditions as he may deem proper, of any land in the state  acquired  by
  the  United  Nations.  Jurisdiction  may be ceded directly to the United
  Nations or to the United States of America for the use  and  benefit  of
  the United Nations. The application shall describe the land by metes and
  bounds  and  have endorsed thereon or annexed thereto the certificate of
  the attorney-general of  this  state  that  the  United  Nations  is  in
  possession  of such land under full and complete title. The jurisdiction
  hereby authorized to be ceded shall continue with respect to  such  land
  as long as such land shall remain the property of the United Nations and
  be  used  exclusively  for  the  purpose of establishing and maintaining
  thereon headquarters for offices and for places of assembly for carrying
  on the functions of the United Nations, and no longer.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 5 - Entry Upon Lands for Purposes of United States Survey › 60 - Entry Upon Lands for Purposes of United States Survey.

§ 60. Entry  upon  lands  for  purposes  of  United States survey. Any
  person employed under and by virtue of an act of congress of the  United
  States, passed the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
  seven,  and of the supplements thereto, may enter upon lands within this
  state for the purpose of exploring, triangulating,  leveling,  surveying
  and  doing any other act which may be necessary to carry out the objects
  of  said  laws,  and  may  erect  any  works,  stations,  buildings  and
  appendages  requisite  for  that  purpose,  doing  no unnecessary injury
  thereby.
If the parties interested can not agree upon the amount to be paid for
  damages caused thereby, either of them may petition the supreme court in
  the county in which the land is situated, which court  shall  appoint  a
  time  for a hearing as soon as may be, and order at least fourteen days'
  notice to be given to all parties interested, and with or without a view
  of the premises, as the court may determine, hear the parties and  their
  witnesses and assess damages.
The  person  so  entering  upon  land  may tender to the party injured
  amends therefor, and if in case of  appeal  to  the  supreme  court  the
  damages  finally  assessed do not exceed the amount tendered, the person
  entering shall recover  costs,  otherwise  the  prevailing  party  shall
  recover costs.
The costs to be allowed in all such cases shall be the same as allowed
  according to rules by the court.
If  any  person  shall  wilfully deface, injure, or remove any signal,
  monument, building, or other property of the  United  States  coast  and
  geodetic  survey,  constructed or used under or by virtue of the acts of
  congress aforesaid, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding  fifty  dollars
  for  each  offense,  and  shall  be  liable for damages sustained by the
  United States in consequence of such defacing, injury or removal, to  be
  recovered   in  an  action  on  the  case  in  any  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State › 70 - Description of the Arms of the State and the State Flag.

§ 70. Description  of  the  arms  of the state and the state flag. The
  device of arms  of  this  state  is  hereby  declared  to  be  correctly
  described as follows:
Charge. Azure, in a landscape, the sun in fess, rising in splendor or,
  behind a range of three mountains, the middle one the highest; in base a
  ship  and  sloop  under  sail,  passing  and  about  to meet on a river,
  bordered below by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper.
Crest. On a wreath azure and or, an American eagle proper,  rising  to
  the  dexter  from a two-thirds of a globe terrestrial, showing the north
  Atlantic ocean with outlines of its shores.
Supporters. On a quasi compartment formed  by  the  extension  of  the
  scroll.
Dexter.  The  figure  of  Liberty  proper,  her  hair  disheveled  and
  decorated with pearls, vested azure, sandaled gules, about the  waist  a
  cincture  or,  fringed  gules,  a  mantle of the last depending from the
  shoulders behind to the feet, in the dexter hand a staff ensigned with a
  Phrygian cap or, the sinister  arm  embowed,  the  hand  supporting  the
  shield  at  the  dexter  chief point, a royal crown by her sinister foot
  dejected.
Sinister. The figure  of  Justice  proper,  her  hair  disheveled  and
  decorated  with  pearls,  vested  or,  about the waist a cincture azure,
  fringed gules, sandaled and mantled as Liberty,  bound  about  the  eyes
  with  a  fillet  proper,  in the dexter hand a straight sword hilted or,
  erect, resting on the sinister chief point of the shield,  the  sinister
  arm embowed, holding before her her scales proper.
Motto.  On  a  scroll below the shield argent, in sable, two lines. On
  line one, Excelsior and on line two, E pluribus unum.
State flag. The state flag is hereby declared to be blue, charged with
  the arms of the state in the colors as described in the blazon  of  this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State › 71 - Painted Devices of Arms in Certain Public Places.

§ 71. Painted  devices of arms in certain public places. The device of
  arms of the state, corresponding to the blazon hereinbefore given, shall
  be painted in colors upon wood or canvass, and hung upon  the  walls  of
  the executive chamber, the court of appeals, the office of the secretary
  of state, and the senate and assembly chambers.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State › 72 - Prohibition of Other Pictorial Devices.

§ 72. Prohibition  of  other  pictorial  devices. No pictorial devices
  other than the arms of the state shall be used in the public offices  at
  the  capitol  for  letter  headings  and  envelopes  used  for  official
  business. Persons printing and circulating public  documents  under  the
  authority  of  the state, when they use a vignette, shall place upon the
  title pages of the documents the  standard  device  of  the  state  arms
  without alterations or additions.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State › 73 - Great Seal of the State.

§ 73. Great  seal  of the state. The secretary of state shall cause to
  be engraved upon metal two and one-half inches in diameter the device of
  arms of this state, accurately  conformed  to  the  description  thereof
  given  in  this  article, surrounded with the legend, "The great seal of
  the state of New York." It alone shall be used as the great seal of  the
  state, and the secretary of state shall have the custody thereof.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State › 74 - Use of the Great Seal.

§ 74. Use of the great seal. All such matters as have issued under the
  great  seal  of  the  state  since  March  sixteenth,  seventeen hundred
  seventy-eight, shall continue to  be  issued  under  such  seal,  except
  copies  of papers and records certified by the secretary of state or his
  deputy and authenticated under his seal  of  office.  The  secretary  of
  state  may,  however,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions as he may deem
  appropriate, furnish an impression, replica or print of the  great  seal
  of  the  state  for  use  as  a collector's item, for use in preparing a
  collector's item or for educational purposes.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State › 90 - State Dog.

§  90.  State  dog.  The  working dog shall be the official dog of the
  state.  For the purposes of this section, "working dog" shall mean:  (a)
  a guide dog, a police work dog, a war dog, a hearing dog, a service dog,
  a  working  search dog, a therapy dog, or a detection dog as those terms
  are defined by section one hundred eight of the agriculture and  markets
  law  or any dog that has met such definition during its life; or (b) any
  dog that is trained to herd and/or protect  livestock  or  control  bird
  and/or  wildlife  populations  and is actually or has been used for such
  purposes.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State › 91 - State Hymn of Rememberance in Honor of All American Veterans.

§  91.  State  hymn  of remembrance in honor of all American veterans.
  "Here Rests in Honored Glory," by Dr. Donald  B.  Miller  shall  be  the
  official  state  hymn  of remembrance in honor of all American veterans,
  based on the inscription on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 7 - Congressional Districts › 110 - Present Congressional Districts.

§ 110. Present congressional districts. The congressional districts of
  this  state,  as  existing immediately before the effective date of this
  article, shall continue to be the congressional districts of  the  state
  until  the  expiration  of  the terms of the representatives in congress
  then in office, except for the purpose of an election of representatives
  in congress for full terms beginning at such expirations.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 7 - Congressional Districts › 112 - Separability of Congressional Districts.

§  112.  Separability  of  congressional districts. Each congressional
  district created by this article shall be deemed a separate district for
  the purpose of apportionment of  the  entire  state  into  congressional
  districts.  If  one  or  more  congressional  districts  created by this
  article are judicially found not to be in compliance with the  decisions
  and  mandates  of  a court of competent jurisdiction, only the defective
  district or districts  and  those  immediately  adjacent  or  contiguous
  thereto  shall  be reapportioned. All other districts shall be deemed to
  be properly created.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 8 - Assembly and Senate Districts of the State › Title 1 - Assembly Districts › 120 - Number of Members of the Assembly.

§  120.  Number of members of the assembly. The assembly shall consist
  of one hundred fifty members chosen from the districts described  within
  and  apportioned  among  the  counties  on  the  basis  of the number of
  inhabitants of the state based on the Federal  Census  of  two  thousand
  twenty,  as  adjusted  pursuant  to the provisions of part XX of chapter
  fifty-seven of the laws of two thousand ten, as amended.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 8 - Assembly and Senate Districts of the State › Title 1 - Assembly Districts › 122 - Separability of Assembly Districts.

§  122.  Separability  of  assembly  districts. Each assembly district
  created by this title shall  be  deemed  a  separate  district  for  the
  purpose  of dividing the entire state into assembly districts. If one or
  more assembly districts created by this title are judicially found to be
  invalid or unenforceable for any reason, including but  not  limited  to
  noncompliance  with  decisions  and  mandates  of  a  court of competent
  jurisdiction,  only  the  defective  district  or  districts  and  those
  immediately  adjacent  or contiguous thereto shall be reapportioned. All
  other districts shall be deemed to be properly created.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 8 - Assembly and Senate Districts of the State › Title 2 - Senate Districts › 123 - Number of Senators.

§  123. Number  of  senators.  The senate shall consist of sixty-three
  members chosen from the districts described within and apportioned among
  the counties on the basis of the number  of  inhabitants  of  the  state
  based on the Federal Census of two thousand twenty, as adjusted pursuant
  to  the  provisions of part XX of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of two
  thousand ten, as amended.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 8 - Assembly and Senate Districts of the State › Title 2 - Senate Districts › 125 - Separability of Senate Districts.

§  125. Separability of senate districts. Each senate district created
  by this title shall be deemed a separate district  for  the  purpose  of
  apportionment  of the entire state into senate districts. If one or more
  senate districts created by  this  title  are  judicially  found  to  be
  invalid  or  unenforceable  for any reason, including but not limited to
  non-compliance with decisions and  mandates  of  a  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction,  only  the  defective  district  or  districts  and  those
  immediately adjacent or contiguous thereto shall be  reapportioned.  All
  other districts shall be deemed to be properly created.
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 8 - Assembly and Senate Districts of the State › Title 3 - Miscellaneous › 126 - Application; Senate.

* §  126.  Application. For the purpose of filling vacancies occurring
  other than by the expiration of term in the offices of  members  of  the
  senate  and  assembly  elected  at  a  general  election in two thousand
  twenty-two,  the  senate  and  assembly  districts  of  this  state,  as
  described  and  set  out  in  a  chapter  of  the  laws  of two thousand
  twenty-two, amending the state law relating to establishing assembly and
  senate  districts,  shall  continue  to  be  respectively,  the   senate
  districts and the assembly districts of the state.
* NB Effective until January 1, 2025
* §  126.  Application;  senate.  For the purpose of filling vacancies
  occurring other than by the expiration of term in the offices of members
  of the senate elected at a general election in two thousand  twenty-two,
  the  senate  districts  of  this  state,  as  described and set out in a
  chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-two, amending the  state  law
  relating   to  establishing  senate  districts,  shall  continue  to  be
  respectively, the senate districts of the state.
* NB Effective January 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 8 - Assembly and Senate Districts of the State › Title 3 - Miscellaneous › 126-A - Application; Assembly.

* § 126-a. Application; assembly. For the purpose of filling vacancies
  occurring other than by the expiration of term in the offices of members
  of   the  assembly  elected  at  a  general  election  in  two  thousand
  twenty-four, the assembly districts of this state, as described and  set
  out  in a chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-three, amending the
  state law relating to establishing assembly districts, shall continue to
  be respectively, the assembly districts of the state.
* NB Effective January 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 8 - Assembly and Senate Districts of the State › Title 3 - Miscellaneous › 127 - Construction.

§ 127. Construction.  a.  This article shall be liberally construed to
  effectuate the purposes thereof and to apportion and district this state
  in compliance with the requirements  of  law  and  shall  supersede  any
  inconsistent provision of law including but not limited to section three
  of chapter seventeen of the laws of two thousand twelve.
b.  It  is  intended  that  this  article  and the districts described
  therein completely encompass all  the  area  within  the  state.  It  is
  further  intended that the apportionment and districting provided for in
  this article result in the creation of districts which are substantially
  equal in population and contain all inhabitants in this state, based  on
  the  Federal  Census of two thousand twenty, as adjusted pursuant to the
  provisions of part XX of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of two thousand
  ten, as amended. It is also intended that no district shall include  any
  of the area included within the description of any other district.
c.  The apportionment of assembly districts and senate districts shall
  be deemed to  be  separate  from  each  other.  The  invalidity  of  the
  districts  contained  in  one  title of this article shall not affect or
  require the redistricting provided by the other title  of  this  article
  when the provisions of such other title have been found to be valid by a
  court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › 100 - Legislative Intent.

§  100.  Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares
  that the administrative rulemaking, adjudicatory and licensing processes
  among the agencies of state government are inconsistent, lack uniformity
  and create misunderstanding by the  public.  In  order  to  provide  the
  people with simple, uniform administrative procedures, an administrative
  procedure act is hereby enacted. This act guarantees that the actions of
  administrative  agencies  conform with sound standards developed in this
  state and nation since their founding through constitutional,  statutory
  and  case  law.  It insures that equitable practices will be provided to
  meet the public interest.
It is further found that in the public interest it  is  desirable  for
  state  agencies  to  meet the requirements imposed by the administrative
  procedure act.  Those agencies which will not have to  conform  to  this
  act  have  been  exempted  from  the act, either specifically by name or
  impliedly by definition.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › 102-A - Small Business Regulation Guides.

§  102-a.  Small business regulation guides. 1. For each rule or group
  of related rules which significantly  impact  a  substantial  number  of
  small  businesses,  the  agency which adopted the rule shall post on its
  website one or more guides explaining the actions a small  business  may
  take to comply with such rule or group of rules if the agency determines
  that such guide or guides will assist small businesses in complying with
  the  rule,  and  shall  designate each such posting as a "small business
  regulation guide". The guide shall explain the actions a small  business
  may  take  to comply with a rule or group of rules, identify any sources
  of information or assistance  available  to  facilitate  small  business
  regulatory  compliance,  and,  where appropriate, include information on
  (a) the most common regulatory  violations  that  small  businesses  are
  cited for by the agency, (b) statistical information on the frequency of
  violations  of  various  regulations  by  small  businesses  and (c) any
  actions that small businesses can reasonably undertake  to  minimize  or
  prevent  the  occurrence  of  such  violations,  including  any relevant
  information and analysis.
2. The agency shall, in its sole discretion, taking into  account  the
  subject matter of the rule and the language of relevant statutes, ensure
  that  the  guide is written using sufficiently plain language that it is
  likely to be understood by affected  small  businesses.  Agencies  shall
  cooperate with other state agencies in developing such guides.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › 102-B - Small Business Liaison.

§  102-b.  Small  business liaison. The departments of agriculture and
markets, environmental conservation, labor, transportation, and taxation
and finance shall designate an existing employee to serve as the liaison
to small  businesses  regulated  by  such  agency.  The  direct  contact
information  of  the  small business liaison shall be prominently posted
and easily accessible on the agency website. The small business  liaison
shall:
(a)  serve  as  an  initial  primary  contact  for small businesses to
contact with any inquiries;
(b) be equipped to provide small businesses with basic information  on
the agency and its regulations;
(c)  help small businesses navigate the agency bureaucracy to identify
and contact the appropriate staff person within the  agency,  either  at
the state or regional level, for more specific information pertaining to
the small business;
(d)  hear  the  concerns of small businesses, report those concerns to
appropriate agency staff and offer possible solutions to such concerns;
(e) advocate within the agency on behalf of small businesses, and make
recommendations  to  the  agency  head  on   matters   affecting   small
businesses;
(f)  initiate  and  encourage  small  business  education and outreach
programs on behalf of the agency, as appropriate;
(g) collaborate  with  the  appropriate  agency  staff  on  any  small
business  regulation guide pursuant to section one hundred two-a and any
small business regulatory flexibility analysis pursuant to  section  two
hundred two-b of this chapter; and
(h)  coordinate  his  or  her  activities  with the division for small
business within the department of economic development,  and  the  small
business development center.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › 103 - Construction; Severability.

§  103.  Construction; severability. 1. (a) Except with respect to the
provisions of paragraph (c) of this subdivision, or of paragraph (b)  of
subdivision  one  and subdivision six of section two hundred two of this
chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to  limit
or repeal additional requirements imposed by statute or otherwise.
(b)  The  provisions  of section two hundred two of this chapter shall
not relieve any agency from compliance with any statute  requiring  that
its  rules  be  filed  with  or approved by designated persons or bodies
before such rules become effective.
(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of any statute, when  adopting  a
consensus  rule  as  defined  in  this  chapter,  an  agency  may in its
discretion dispense with any statutory requirement for public hearing or
publication of a notice in any newspaper or publication other  than  the
state  register,  unless  such requirement is explicitly directed at the
rule which is being adopted.
2. The provisions of this  chapter  shall  not  be  deemed  to  repeal
section six hundred fifty-nine of the labor law.
3.  The  provisions  of  this chapter shall apply only to rule making,
adjudicatory and  licensing  proceedings  commencing  on  or  after  the
effective date of this chapter.
4.  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances is adjudged invalid  by  a  court  of  competent
jurisdiction,  such  judgment shall not affect or impair the validity of
the other provisions of the chapter or the application thereof to  other
persons and circumstances.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › 104 - Access to Studies and Data.

§ 104. Access to studies and data.  1. An agency, upon request, shall,
  within  thirty  days,  make  available  for  inspection  and copying any
  scientific or statistical study, report or analysis, including any  such
  study,  report  or analysis prepared by a person or entity pursuant to a
  contract with the agency or funded in whole or in part through  a  grant
  from  the  agency  that  is used as the basis of a proposed rule and any
  supporting data; provided, however, that the agency  shall  provide  for
  inspection  only  of any such study, report or analysis due to copyright
  restrictions.
2.  An  agency  that  contracts  with  a  person  or  entity  for  the
  performance  of a study or awards a grant for such purpose shall require
  as a condition or term of such contract or  grant  that  the  person  or
  entity  shall  provide  to the agency the study, any data supporting the
  study, and identity of the principal person  or  persons  who  performed
  such  study  for  disclosure  in  accordance with the provisions of this
  section and of article six of the public officers law.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 2 - Rule Making › 201 - Adoption of Procedures; Plain Language.

§   201.   Adoption   of  procedures;  plain  language.  This  article
  establishes minimum procedures for all agencies, provided,  however,  an
  agency  may  adopt  by  rule additional procedures not inconsistent with
  statute. Each agency shall strive to ensure that, to the maximum  extent
  practical, its rules, regulations and related documents are written in a
  clear  and  coherent  manner,  using  words  with  common  and  everyday
  meanings.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 2 - Rule Making › 202-E - Guidance Documents; Availability to Public.

§  202-e. Guidance documents; availability to public. 1. Not less than
  once each year, every agency shall submit to the secretary of state  for
  publication  in  the  state register a list of all guidance documents on
  which the agency currently relies, and provide information on where  and
  how  regulated  parties and members of the public may inspect and obtain
  copies of any such document; provided, however, that the  department  of
  environmental conservation shall be exempt from the requirements of this
  subdivision.  Unless  otherwise  provided for by law, an agency may make
  such documents available as provided in the freedom of information  law,
  and  may  charge  fees  pursuant  to  such  law  for  copies of any such
  document.
2. The secretary of state may exempt an agency  from  compliance  with
  the requirements of subdivision one of this section upon a determination
  that  the  agency  has  published  on  its  website the full text of all
  guidance documents on which it currently relies. The secretary of  state
  shall  publish a notice of such determination identifying the website in
  the state register.
3. Nothing in this  section  shall  be  construed  as  authorizing  or
  requiring   the   publication   of  any  guidance  document  where  such
  publication is prohibited or limited by law.
4. Not less than once every five years, every agency shall  conduct  a
  process  for  reviewing  and updating all guidance documents on which it
  currently relies. In conducting such process, the  agency  shall  obtain
  feedback  from  regulated  parties  and  members  of  the public who are
  directly or indirectly affected by the guidelines.
5. The secretary of state  may  adopt  regulations  to  implement  the
  provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 2 - Rule Making › 204 - Declaratory Rulings by Agencies.

§ 204. Declaratory rulings by agencies. 1.  On petition of any person,
an  agency  may  issue  a  declaratory  ruling  with  respect to (i) the
applicability to any person, property, or state of facts of any rule  or
statute  enforceable  by  it, or (ii) whether any action by it should be
taken pursuant to a rule.  Each agency shall prescribe by rule the  form
for such petitions and the procedure for their submission, consideration
and  disposition.  A declaratory ruling shall be binding upon the agency
unless it is altered or set  aside  by  a  court.  The  agency  may  not
retroactively  change  a  valid  declaratory ruling, but nothing in this
section  shall  prevent  an  agency  from  prospectively  changing   any
declaratory  ruling. A declaratory ruling shall be made available to the
public. A declaratory ruling shall be subject to review  in  the  manner
provided  for  in  article  seventy-eight  of the civil practice law and
rules.
2. (a) Within thirty days of receipt of a  petition  with  respect  to
paragraph (ii) of subdivision one of this section, an agency shall issue
either  a  declaratory  ruling  or  a  statement  declining  to  issue a
declaratory ruling, unless the agency's rules provide  for  a  different
time period not to exceed sixty days from receipt of such petition.
(c)  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of law, a person may
submit a petition in the manner provided for in article seventy-eight of
the  civil  practice  law  and  rules  without  first  applying  for   a
declaratory ruling pursuant to paragraph (ii) of subdivision one of this
section,  or  to  the  office  for  an advisory opinion pursuant to this
subdivision. A person may concurrently petition the  court  pursuant  to
article  seventy-eight  of the civil practice law and rules and petition
the agency and the office pursuant to this subdivision.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 2 - Rule Making › 205 - Right to Judicial Review of Rules.

§  205.  Right  to  judicial  review  of  rules.  Unless  an exclusive
  procedure or remedy is provided by law, judicial review of rules may  be
  had  upon  petition  presented  under article seventy-eight of the civil
  practice law and rules, or in an action for a declaratory judgment where
  applicable and proper.   The  agency  shall  be  made  a  party  to  the
  proceedings.  Such  a special proceeding or action may not be maintained
  unless the petitioner has first requested the agency to  pass  upon  the
  validity  or  applicability  of the rule in question and action has been
  taken upon such a request or more than thirty  days  has  elapsed  since
  such  request  has been filed and no final action has been taken thereon
  or the agency has not provided for  the  issuance  of  such  declaratory
  rulings under section two hundred four. Unless the agency acts upon such
  request  within  thirty days of its filing, such request shall be deemed
  to have been denied. Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant
  or deny to any person standing to petition under  article  seventy-eight
  of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules  or  to  bring an action for a
  declaratory judgment or to prohibit the determination of the validity or
  applicability of the rule in any other action or proceeding in which its
  invalidity or inapplicability is properly asserted.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 2 - Rule Making › 206 - Overlapping Regulations; Compliance Determinations.

§  206.  Overlapping  regulations; compliance determinations. 1. It is
  the declared policy  of  this  state  to  protect  and  encourage  jobs,
  investment  and  economic  activity  and  to  promote the public health,
  safety and welfare by administering all regulatory requirements  imposed
  by the state in a fair and reasonable manner.
2.  Any  person subject to a requirement imposed by a state statute or
  rule and to a similar requirement imposed by the federal government, may
  pursuant to section two hundred  four  of  this  chapter,  petition  the
  agency  administering  the state requirement for a declaratory ruling as
  to whether compliance with the federal requirement will be  accepted  as
  compliance  with  the  state requirement. Upon receipt of such petition,
  the agency shall submit a copy thereof to the office of business permits
  and regulatory assistance.
3.  If  the  agency  determines  that  compliance  with  the   federal
  requirement would not satisfy the purposes or relevant provisions of the
  state  statute  involved,  the  agency shall so inform the petitioner in
  writing stating the reasons therefor and may issue a declaratory  ruling
  to that effect. A copy of such written statement of reasons and any such
  declaratory  ruling  shall  be  submitted by the agency to the office of
  business permits and regulatory assistance.
4.  If  the  agency  determines  that  compliance  with  the   federal
  requirement  would  satisfy  the purposes and relevant provisions of the
  state statute involved but  that  it  would  not  satisfy  the  relevant
  provisions  of  the  state rule involved, the agency shall so inform the
  petitioner and the office of business permits and regulatory  assistance
  and may initiate a rulemaking proceeding in accordance with this chapter
  to  consider  revising  such rule to accept compliance with such federal
  requirement in a manner that is consistent  with  the  requirements  and
  purposes of the state statute.
5.   If  the  agency  determines  that  compliance  with  the  federal
  requirement would satisfy the purposes and relevant  provisions  of  the
  state   statute  involved,  and  that  it  would  satisfy  the  relevant
  provisions of  the  state  rule  involved,  the  agency  shall  issue  a
  declaratory  ruling  indicating  its intention to accept compliance with
  the federal requirement as compliance with the  state  requirement,  and
  the terms and conditions under which it intends to do so. A copy of such
  declaratory  ruling  shall  be  submitted by the agency to the office of
  business permits and regulatory assistance.
6. The office  of  business  permits  and  regulatory  assistance  may
  consider  agency compliance with this section when performing its review
  function under section two hundred two-c of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 3 - Adjudicatory Proceedings › 301 - Hearings.

§  301.  Hearings. 1. In an adjudicatory proceeding, all parties shall
  be afforded an opportunity for hearing within reasonable time.
2. All parties shall be given reasonable notice of such hearing, which
  notice shall include (a) a statement of the time, place, and  nature  of
  the  hearing;  (b)  a  statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction
  under which the hearing is to be held; (c) a reference to the particular
  sections of the statutes and rules involved, where possible; (d) a short
  and plain statement of  matters  asserted;  and  (e)  a  statement  that
  interpreter  services  shall  be  made  available to deaf persons, at no
  charge, pursuant to this section.  Upon application of any party, a more
  definite and detailed statement shall be furnished whenever  the  agency
  finds   that   the   statement  is  not  sufficiently  definite  or  not
  sufficiently detailed. The finding of the agency as to  the  sufficiency
  of  definiteness or detail of the statement or its failure or refusal to
  furnish a more definite or detailed statement shall not  be  subject  to
  judicial  review.  Any  statement  furnished  shall  be  deemed,  in all
  respects, to be a part of the notice of hearing.
3. Agencies shall adopt rules governing the procedures on adjudicatory
  proceedings and appeals, in accordance with provisions of article two of
  this chapter, and shall prepare a summary of such  procedures  in  plain
  language.  Agencies  shall  make  such summaries available to the public
  upon request, and a copy of such summary shall be provided to any  party
  cited  by the agency for violation of the laws, rules or orders enforced
  by the agency.
4. All parties shall be afforded an  opportunity  to  present  written
  argument  on  issues  of  law and an opportunity to present evidence and
  such argument on issues of fact, provided however that nothing contained
  herein shall be construed to prohibit an agency from allowing parties to
  present oral argument within a reasonable time. In fixing the  time  and
  place  for  hearings  and oral argument, due regard shall be had for the
  convenience of the parties.
5. Unless precluded  by  statute,  disposition  may  be  made  of  any
  adjudicatory  proceeding  by  stipulation,  agreed  settlement,  consent
  order, default, or other informal method.
6. Whenever any deaf person is a party to an  adjudicatory  proceeding
  before  an  agency,  or  a witness therein, such agency in all instances
  shall appoint a qualified interpreter who is certified by  a  recognized
  national  or  New  York  state  credentialing authority to interpret the
  proceedings to, and the testimony of, such  deaf  person.    The  agency
  conducting  the adjudicatory proceeding shall determine a reasonable fee
  for all such interpreting services which shall  be  a  charge  upon  the
  agency.
2023 New York Laws › SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act › Article 3 - Adjudicatory Proceedings › 302 - Record.

§  302.  Record.  1.  The  record  in an adjudicatory proceeding shall
  include:  (a) all notices, pleadings, motions, intermediate rulings; (b)
  evidence presented; (c) a statement of matters officially noticed except
  matters so obvious that a  statement  of  them  would  serve  no  useful
  purpose;  (d)  questions  and  offers  of proof, objections thereto, and
  rulings thereon; (e) proposed findings and exceptions, if any;  (f)  any
  findings  of fact, conclusions of law or other recommendations made by a
  presiding officer; and (g) any decision, determination,  opinion,  order
  or report rendered.
2.  The  agency  shall  make  a  complete  record  of all adjudicatory
  proceedings conducted before it.  For  this  purpose,  unless  otherwise
  required  by  statute,  the  agency  may  use  whatever  means  it deems
  appropriate, including but  not  limited  to  the  use  of  stenographic
  transcriptions  or  electronic recording devices.   Upon request made by
  any party upon the agency within a reasonable time,  but  prior  to  the
  time  for  commencement  of judicial review, of its giving notice of its
  decision, determination, opinion or order, the agency shall prepare  the
  record  together  with any transcript of proceedings within a reasonable
  time and shall furnish a copy of the record and transcript or  any  part
  thereof to any party as he may request. Except when any statute provides
  otherwise, the agency is authorized to charge not more than its cost for
  the  preparation and furnishing of such record or transcript or any part
  thereof, or the rate specified in the contract between the agency and  a
  contractor if prepared by a private contractor.
3.  Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence and on
  matters officially noticed.