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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-J - Safety Standards; Movable Soccer Goals.

§ 399-j. Safety standards; moveable soccer goals. 1. The department of
state, in consultation with the office of parks, recreation and historic
preservation, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing safety
standards  for  anchoring,  securing  and  counter-weighting  a moveable
soccer goal.  Such  regulations  shall  substantially  comply  with  the
guidelines for moveable soccer goal safety produced by the United States
consumer  product  safety  commission  or  any  successor  commission or
agency. For the purposes of this  section,  the  term  "moveable  soccer
goal"  shall  mean  a  freestanding structure consisting of at least two
upright posts, a crossbar, and support bars that is designed:
(a) to be used by adults or children for  the  purposes  of  a  soccer
goal;
(b)  to  be  used without any other form of support or restraint other
than pegs, stakes, or other forms of temporary anchoring device; and
(c) to be able to be moved to different locations.
2. No person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity which erects  a
moveable soccer goal shall erect in this state such moveable soccer goal
unless  such goal shall be erected in the manner required by those rules
and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section; provided  however,
that  moveable  soccer  goals  erected  upon  one,  two and three-family
residential real property shall be exempt from the requirements of  this
section.
3.   Whenever   the  attorney  general  shall  believe  from  evidence
satisfactory to him  or  her  that  any  person,  firm,  corporation  or
association  or  agent or employee thereof has violated any provision of
this section, he or she may bring an action in the supreme court of  the
state  of  New  York  for  a  judgment enjoining the continuance of such
violation and for a civil penalty of not more than five hundred  dollars
for  each violation. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court
or justice that the defendant has knowingly violated  any  provision  of
this  section,  no  proof  shall  be  required  that any person has been
injured thereby  nor  that  the  defendant  knowingly  or  intentionally
violated  such  provision.  In  such  action  preliminary  relief may be
granted under article sixty-three of the civil practice law  and  rules.
Before  any  violation  of  this  section  is sought to be enjoined, the
attorney general shall be required to give the person against whom  such
proceeding  is  contemplated notice by certified mail and an opportunity
to show in writing within five business days after receipt of notice why
proceedings should not be instituted against  such  person,  unless  the
attorney  general  shall  find,  in  any  case  in which he or she seeks
preliminary relief, that to give such notice and opportunity is  not  in
the public interest.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-K - Access to Toilet Facilities for Utility Workers.

§  399-k.  Access to toilet facilities for utility workers. 1. A place
  of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services
  that has a toilet facility for its employees shall allow any  individual
  who  is  lawfully  on the premises of such place of business to use that
  toilet facility during normal business  hours,  even  if  the  place  of
  business  does  not normally make the employee toilet facility available
  to the public, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
a. the individual requesting the use of the employee  toilet  facility
  is   an   employee  of  a  utility  entity  who  is  on  duty  providing
  utility-related services at the time of the request, provided  that  the
  place  of  business  may  require  the  individual to present reasonable
  evidence that the individual is an employee of a utility entity;
b. two or more employees of the place of business are working  at  the
  time the individual requests use of the employee toilet facility;
c.  the  employee  toilet  facility  is  not  located in an area where
  providing access would create an obvious health or safety  risk  to  the
  requesting  individual  or  create  a  security  risk  to the people, or
  property within the place of business;
d. use of the toilet facility would not create an  obvious  health  or
  safety risk to the requesting individual; and
e.  a  public restroom is not immediately accessible to the requesting
  individual.
2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall  be  punishable
  by  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars  for each
  violation.
3. A place of business shall not be  liable  for  any  injuries  which
  result  from  toilet  facility  use  by an employee of a utility entity,
  provided that this subdivision shall not be interpreted,  or  construed,
  as  a  limit on liability for acts of gross negligence or for willful or
  malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a  dangerous  condition,
  use, structure or activity.
4.  For purposes of this section, "employee of a utility entity" means
  an employee of a "utility company" or "public utility company"  as  such
  terms  are defined in section two of the public service law, a municipal
  corporation that provides public  utility  services,  a  rural  electric
  cooperative, or a state public authority that provides utility services,
  or  an  employee  of  a  contractor  that  is  providing utility-related
  services for any of the aforementioned entities.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-N - Approval of Electrical Devices.

§  399-n.  Approval of electrical devices. Whenever electrical devices
  or electrical wiring or electrical apparatus are required to be approved
  by underwriters laboratories for fire safety by any statute,  law,  rule
  or regulation, of the state or any municipality thereof, approval by any
  qualified  laboratory or testing organization that tests for fire safety
  in the state of New York will be  deemed  to  be  satisfaction  of  such
  requirement. For the purposes of this section, a qualified laboratory or
  testing organization is one which meets the criteria of (1) the American
  Society  for  Testing  Materials  test  E548-76,  or  (2)  any  rules or
  regulations relating thereto that may be promulgated by  the  department
  of state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-O - Selling Prices and Container Deposits.

§  399-o.  Selling  prices and container deposits. Every person, firm,
  partnership, corporation or association which sells, offers for sale, or
  exposes for sale at retail an item for which the seller is  required  by
  state  or  local law, ordinance or rule, to collect from the purchaser a
  refundable deposit on beverage containers, shall not include the cost of
  the mandated deposit when displaying  the  selling  price  of  the  item
  through  item  pricing tags, point-of-sale signs, advertisements, or any
  other means by which consumers might be informed  of  the  cost  of  the
  item.  Nothing  in this section shall prevent the seller from separately
  indicating the amount of the deposit provided, however, that the deposit
  is excluded from the  indicated  total  cost  and  it  is  appropriately
  identified as a deposit.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-OO - Deceptive Solicitation of Vehicle Warranty Policies.

§  399-oo.  Deceptive solicitation of vehicle warranty policies. 1. It
  shall be unlawful for any person, firm or  corporation  to  directly  or
  indirectly  represent  in any manner, whether by written solicitation or
  telemarketing, a false, deceptive or misleading statement in regard to:
a. such person's, firm's or corporation's affiliation with  a  vehicle
  owner's current warranty policy provider;
b.  such  person's,  firm's or corporation's possession of information
  regarding such vehicle owner's warranty policy;
c. the expiration of such vehicle owner's warranty policy; or
d. a requirement that such vehicle owner register for a  new  warranty
  policy  with  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  in order to maintain
  coverage of such vehicle owner's current warranty policy.
2. Wherever there shall be a violation of this article, an application
  may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the
  state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special
  proceeding  to  issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of
  not less than five days, to enjoin or restrain the continuance  of  such
  violation;  and  if  it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or
  justice that the defendant has,  in  fact,  violated  this  section,  an
  injunction  may  be  issued  by  such  court  or  justice, enjoining and
  restraining any further violation,  without  requiring  proof  that  any
  person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. Whenever the court
  shall determine that a violation of this section has occurred, the court
  may  impose  a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation.
  The court may impose a civil penalty of one thousand  dollars  for  each
  violation,  if  the  court  finds  the defendant knowingly violated this
  section. In connection with any such proposed application, the  attorney
  general  is  authorized  to  take  proof and make a determination of the
  relevant facts and to issue  subpoenas  in  accordance  with  the  civil
  practice law and rules.
3.  Nothing  in this section shall in any way limit rights or remedies
  which are otherwise available under law to the attorney general.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-QQ - Sale or Promotional Distribution of Utility Knives, Box Cutters, or Box Cart Cutters.

§  399-qq.  Sale  or  promotional  distribution of utility knives, box
  cutters, or box cart cutters. 1. No person, firm, or  corporation  shall
  sell  or  offer  to  sell  or  give away as either a retail or wholesale
  promotion a utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to any  person
  under eighteen years of age.
2.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  the  term "utility knife", "box
  cutter", or "box cart cutter" means a knife consisting of a razor blade,
  retractable or  non-retractable,  attached  to  or  contained  within  a
  plastic or metal housing.
3.  The  provisions  of  this section shall not preclude the temporary
  transfer of a utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to a  person
  under  eighteen years of age by such person's employer where such device
  is possessed only on the employer's premises and only during the  course
  and scope of such person's employment.
4.  No  provision  of  this  section  shall  be deemed to restrict the
  authority of any county, city, town or  village  to  enact  and  enforce
  additional  local  laws,  ordinances  or  codes,  or  portions  thereof,
  provided the provisions thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions
  of this section.
5. Any person, firm, or corporation who  violates  the  provisions  of
  this  section  shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five
  hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-R - Sale of Paint Pellet Guns.

§  399-r.  Sale  of  paint  pellet  guns.  (a)  No  person,  firm,  or
corporation shall sell or offer to sell a paint pellet gun to any person
under sixteen years of age.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision,  the  term  "paint  pellet  gun"
means  a  gun,  air  gun, pistol, rifle, or like device in appearance or
function, capable of and designed for discharging and propelling through
the air to a target a small quantity of paint enclosed within  a  pellet
or pellet-like device or capsule or capsule-like device that breaks upon
impact with the target, overspreading the target with paint.
(c)  Any  person,  firm, or corporation who violates the provisions of
this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more  than  five
hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-RR - September Eleventh Victim Compensation Fund and World Trade Center Health Program Notification.

* §  399-rr.  September  eleventh  victim  compensation fund and World
Trade Center  health  program  notification.  1.  Definitions.  For  the
purposes  of  this section, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(a) the "eligible time period" and "notice area" shall be the same  as
provided for in the September eleventh victim compensation fund pursuant
to 49 USC 40101 and World Trade Center health program pursuant to 42 USC
300mm.
(b)  the  "September  eleventh  victim compensation fund" shall be the
September eleventh victim compensation fund established  under  the  Air
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 USC 40101).
(c)  the  "World Trade Center health program" shall be the World Trade
Center health program established under 42 USC 300mm.
2. The department of economic development shall, in consultation  with
the  department  of  labor  and any other appropriate state or municipal
entity, develop rules and regulations necessary to promote awareness and
notification to any past or present businesses and their employees which
operated within the New York city disaster area during the eligible time
period of their  potential  eligibility  under  the  September  eleventh
victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program. This
subdivision  shall  apply  to  both  current  and  former employees. The
department of economic development shall determine the most  appropriate
message and format that the state agencies may use to assist potentially
eligible employers and employees with such awareness or notification.
3.  The  department  of  economic  development  shall be authorized to
consult with  the  special  master  of  the  September  eleventh  victim
compensation  fund  and  the  program  administrator  of the World Trade
Center health program relating to matters including, but not limited to,
messaging and format to be  used  in  the  promotion  of  the  September
eleventh  victim  compensation  fund  and  the World Trade Center health
program and  if  the  messages  should  be  tailored  for  the  specific
geographic  areas  covered by the World Trade Center health program in a
different manner than those covered  by  both  the  World  Trade  Center
health program and the September eleventh victim compensation fund.
* NB Effective June 7, 2024
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-S - Posting of Notice When Air Rifles or Guns Are Sold.

§  399-s.  Posting  of  notice when air rifles or guns are sold. 1. In
  each mercantile establishment in this state where air rifles or air guns
  are sold, a notice must be posted in a conspicuous place, and  in  close
  proximity  to  any  air  rifle  or  air  gun displayed for sale, that in
  legible format states: "Except under supervision at a shooting range  or
  for  hunting  pursuant  to license, Section 265.05 of the New York State
  Penal Law makes it unlawful for any person  under  the  age  of  sixteen
  years to possess an air rifle or air gun."
2.  Any  violation  of  this  section  shall  be punishable by a civil
  penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-T - Sale of Certain Chlorofluorocarbons and Halons Prohibited.

* §  399-t. Sale of certain chlorofluorocarbons and halons prohibited.
  1.   On  and  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-one,  no
  containers  of  chlorofluorocarbon  compounds  commonly used as air horn
  propellants, for blow cleaning photographic  products,  or  any  similar
  use,   or  containers  devised  as  toys  or  for  amusement  which  use
  chlorofluorocarbon compounds as a foaming agent shall be sold within the
  state.
2. On and after January first, nineteen hundred  ninety-one,  no  hand
  held fire extinguisher containing five pounds or less of halon compounds
  as  defined  in  section  38-0103  of the environmental conservation law
  shall be sold within the state.
3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil  penalty
  not to exceed one hundred dollars.
* NB There are 2 399-t's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-T*2 - Vending Machine Disclosure.

* § 399-t. Vending machine disclosure. 1. Definitions. For purposes of
  this  article,  "vending machine" shall mean and include a coin operated
  machine used to sell merchandise and/or services but shall not include a
  coin operated telephone.
2. Notice requirements relating to  vending  machines.  Every  vending
  machine  available  for  use  by  the  public in this state shall have a
  notice prominently affixed thereto which indicates  the  name,  address,
  and telephone number of the owner and/or operator of such machine or the
  name,  address  and telephone number of an individual designated by such
  owner/operator to maintain said machine. Said notice provisions of  this
  section shall not apply in instances where a vending machine is attended
  by a person capable of administering a refund.
3.   Any  individual,  firm,  partnership,  corporation,  association,
  company or organization which owns or leases such  vending  machine  and
  knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be
  assessed  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed fifty dollars for the first
  violation, one hundred dollars for a second violation  and  two  hundred
  fifty  dollars  for  any  subsequent  violation  provided, however, that
  multiple  violations  of  subdivision  two   of   this   section   which
  concurrently  occur  within  the  same  public  area  designated for the
  operation of vending machines shall, for purposes of assessing a penalty
  under this subdivision,  constitute  a  single  violation  against  such
  individual,  firm,  partnership,  corporation,  association, company, or
  organization which owns and/or  leases  such  machines.  Each  day  such
  offense shall continue shall constitute a separate additional violation.
  It shall be a defense to the imposition of any such civil penalty if the
  owner  or  operator posted a notice as required by this section and such
  notice was removed or defaced by vandals, provided the owner or operator
  subsequently complies with the requirements of this section.
4. This section shall not annul, alter, affect or exempt  any  person,
  firm,  partnership,  corporation,  association,  company or organization
  subject to the provisions of this section from complying with the  laws,
  ordinances,  rules  or  regulations  of  any  locality,  relating to the
  posting of vending machine notices, except  to  the  extent  that  these
  laws,  ordinances,  rules  or  regulations  are  inconsistent  with  any
  provision of this section, but no such local  law,  ordinance,  rule  or
  regulation  shall  be  considered  inconsistent,  if  it affords greater
  protection to the consumer.
* NB There are 2 § 399-t's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-U - Motor Vehicle Alarms.

§  399-u.  Motor vehicle alarms. 1. On and after the effective date of
  this section, all devices offered for sale or installed in the state  as
  alarms  for  motor  vehicles  shall be so equipped and shall function so
  that the audible portion of the alarm resets and  ceases  to  sound  not
  more than three minutes after it is activated and commences sounding. No
  audible  burglar  alarm  in  a  motor  vehicle shall be capable of being
  activated except by (a) direct physical contact with that motor  vehicle
  or (b) through the use of an individual remote activation device that is
  designed  to be used with the motor vehicle alarm system of a particular
  vehicle so long as the alarm activated by such device  ceases  to  sound
  within not more than three minutes.
2.  A  violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute an
  offense punishable by a fine of not more than one  hundred  dollars  for
  the  first  offense  and  not  more than two hundred fifty dollars for a
  second or subsequent offense.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-W*2 - Notice Requirements for Renters of Personal Property.

* §  399-w.  Notice  requirements for renters of personal property. 1.
For the purposes of this section, the following  terms  shall  have  the
following meanings:
(a)  "Owner" shall include any person, partnership, firm, association,
or corporation engaged in the business of renting personal property  for
profit.
(b)  "Personal  property" shall include but not be limited to tangible
chattels used for personal, household, or business  purposes  but  shall
not include motor vehicles.
(c)  "Rental  agreement"  shall  mean  the total legal obligation that
results from a written rental contract between a person  and  the  owner
for the rental of personal property.
2. Any owner who rents personal property shall:
(a)  conspicuously  post a sign in a prominent and visible area in the
place of business, measuring at least two feet by four feet  in  writing
of at least thirty-six point print, with the following notice:
RENTAL INFORMATION
WARNING! Failure to return rented property pursuant to the terms of
the   rental   agreement   may   subject  the  renter  to  criminal
prosecution.
(b) include in all rental contracts, in writing  in  at  least  twelve
point print, the following notice:
Failure to return rented property under the terms of this agreement
may subject the undersigned party(ies) to criminal prosecution.
3.  This section shall not apply to: (a) rental purchase agreements as
regulated by article eleven of the personal property law and  (b)  motor
vehicle  rentals  under  paragraph two of subdivision (a) of section one
hundred ninety-eight-a and paragraph two of subdivision a of section one
hundred ninety-eight-b of this chapter.
* NB There are 2 § 399-w's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-Y - Child Safety Devices for Hot Water Dispensers.

* §  399-y.  Child  safety  devices for hot water dispensers. Upon the
  retail sale, lease, or rental of any water dispenser, water  cooler,  or
  other  non-plumbed device or system which dispenses hot water instantly,
  written notice shall be provided to the customer informing such customer
  of the availability, at no extra charge to  the  customer,  of  a  child
  resistant  safety device or similar protective feature for the hot water
  dispenser which is designed to prevent accidental  injury  to  children.
  Upon  customer  request,  such  device  shall be promptly provided at no
  charge.
* NB There are 2 § 399-y's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-Y*2 - Automated Teller Machine Fee Disclosure.

* §  399-y.  Automated  teller  machine  fee  disclosure.  1.  For the
purposes of this section, "automated teller machine operator" shall mean
any person who: (a)  operates  an  automated  teller  machine  at  which
consumers  may make financial transactions, including but not limited to
deposits, withdrawals, balance inquiries, and loan payments; and (b)  is
not  the  financial  institution which holds the account accessed by the
consumer to make the financial transaction.
2. No automated teller machine  operator  shall  impose  a  fee  on  a
consumer  using  such machine, unless such operator: (a) provides notice
as required by subdivision three of this section; and (b)  the  consumer
elects  to  continue  to  effect a financial transaction after receiving
such notice.
3. The automated teller machine operator shall provide notice  on  the
screen  of  the  automated teller machine or on a paper issued from such
machine after the financial transaction is  initiated,  but  before  the
consumer  is  irrevocably  committed to completing the transaction. Such
notice shall clearly state: (i) that a fee is imposed  for  the  use  of
such  machine;  (ii) the amount of such fee; and (iii) that the consumer
may cancel such transaction without being assessed a fee.
4. (a) Any automated teller machine operator who fails to comply  with
the  requirements  of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty not
to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per transaction.
(b) If the notice required  pursuant  to  subdivision  three  of  this
section  has  been  provided by an automated teller machine operator and
such notice is subsequently removed, damaged, or altered by  any  person
other  than  such  operator,  the operator shall have no liability for a
failure to comply with subdivision three of this section.
* NB There are 2 § 399-y's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-Y-1 - Automated Teller Machines Transaction Denial; Fees Prohibited.

§   399-y-1.   Automated  teller  machines  transaction  denial;  fees
  prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this  section,  the  following  terms
  shall have the following meanings:
a.  "automated  teller  machine  operator"  shall  mean any person who
  operates an  automated  teller  machine  at  which  consumers  may  make
  financial   transactions,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  deposits,
  withdrawals, balance inquiries, and loan payments; and
b. "automated teller machine" shall mean a device which is  linked  to
  the  accounts  and  records  of  a banking institution and which enables
  consumers to make financial transactions, including, but not limited to,
  deposits, withdrawals, balance inquiries, and loan payments.
2. No automated teller machine operator or banking  institution  shall
  impose  a fee on a consumer using such machine for any transaction which
  is for any reason denied or terminated in a manner  that  prevents  such
  consumer from completing such transaction.
3.  Any  automated  teller machine operator or banking institution who
  fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be  assessed
  a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per transaction.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-Z-1 - Telecommunication Companies Blocking Certain Numbers.

* §  399-z-1. Telecommunication companies blocking certain numbers. 1.
As used in this section, the following terms shall  have  the  following
meanings:
a. "caller identification information" means information provided by a
caller  identification  service  regarding  the telephone number and the
name of the person calling;
b. "caller identification service"  means  a  service  that  allows  a
telephone subscriber to have the telephone number, and, where available,
name  of  the  calling  party  transmitted  contemporaneously  with  the
telephone call, and displayed  on  a  device  in  or  connected  to  the
subscriber's telephone;
c.   "pooling   administrator"   means   the  thousands-block  pooling
administrator as identified in 47 C.F.R. § 52.20; and
d. "provider" means a telecommunication company  that  provides  voice
communications services to customers in this state.
2.  Consistent with authorization provided by federal law and rules of
the federal communications commission or its successors:
a. providers shall block a voice call when the subscriber to which the
originating number is assigned has requested that  calls  purporting  to
originate  from  that  number  be blocked because the number is used for
inbound calls only; and
b. providers shall block calls originating from the following numbers:
(i) a number that is not a valid North American numbering plan number;
(ii) a  valid  North  American  numbering  plan  number  that  is  not
allocated   to   a   provider  by  the  North  American  numbering  plan
administrator or the pooling administrator; and
(iii) a valid North American numbering plan number that  is  allocated
to a provider by the North American number plan administrator or pooling
administrator, but is unused, so long as the provider blocking the calls
is the allocatee of the number and confirms that the number is unused or
has  obtained  verification from the allocatee that the number is unused
at the time of the blocking.
c. providers shall not block a voice call if the call is an  emergency
call placed to 911.
d.  providers  shall  not  block  a voice call to a subscriber who has
requested that no inbound calls be blocked.
3. For purposes of blocking calls from certain originating numbers  as
authorized in this section, a provider may rely on caller identification
service information to determine the originating number.
4.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, a
voice service provider shall be considered to be in compliance with this
section and any rule or regulation adopted thereunder if  such  provider
has  filed  a  certification  with the federal communications commission
that the provider's traffic is either signed with STIR/SHAKEN or subject
to a compliant robocall mitigation program. A copy of such certification
shall be made available to the attorney general or  the  public  service
commission, upon request.
* NB There are 2 § 399-z-1's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-ZZ - Telephone Bills.

§  399-zz.  Telephone  bills.  At  the  time service is initiated to a
  residential  customer  and  at  least  once  a  year  thereafter,  every
  telephone  corporation,  as  defined in subdivision seventeen of section
  two of the public service law, and every cable  television  company,  as
  defined  in  subdivision one of section two hundred twelve of the public
  service law that provides telephone service to  customers  in  New  York
  shall  provide  its  customers with a notice that billing statements are
  available in a large print format. Upon written request by  a  customer,
  every  telephone  corporation and cable television company shall provide
  the customer's billing statements in large print format  no  later  than
  sixty  days  after  the  date  upon which the request is received by the
  telephone corporation and cable television company.  The  provisions  of
  this section shall apply only to printed statements. For the purposes of
  this  section,  "large  print" means a font size of sixteen or larger to
  illuminate billing information.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-ZZZ - Prohibition of Certain Fee Charges.

§  399-zzz.  Prohibition of certain fee charges. 1. Subject to federal
  law and regulation, no person, partnership, corporation, association  or
  other  business entity shall charge a consumer an additional rate or fee
  or a differential in the rate or  fee  associated  with  payment  on  an
  account  when  the  consumer  chooses  to  pay  by United States mail or
  receive a  paper  billing  statement.  This  subdivision  shall  not  be
  construed to prohibit a person, partnership, corporation, association or
  other  business  entity  from  offering  consumers  a  credit  or  other
  incentive to elect a specific payment or billing option.
2. Every violation of this section shall be deemed a deceptive act and
  practice subject to  enforcement  under  article  twenty-two-A  of  this
  chapter.
3.  Nothing  in  this section shall be construed to restrict any right
  which any person may have under any other statute or the common law.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-ZZZZ - Prohibition of Certain Fee Charges for Termination or Early Cancellation.

§  399-zzzz.  Prohibition  of  certain  fee charges for termination or
  early cancellation. 1. Subject to federal law and regulation:
a. no provider of telephone, cellular telephone, television, internet,
  energy, or water services shall impose a fee for  termination  or  early
  cancellation  of  a  service  contract  in  the  event  the customer has
  deceased before the end of such contract; and
b. a retail lessee, as defined in section three hundred thirty-one  of
  the personal property law, shall not be liable for charges for the early
  termination  of a retail lease agreement of a motor vehicle if he or she
  has deceased before the end of such lease.
2. Every violation of this section shall  be  punishable  by  a  civil
  penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-ZZZZZ*2 - Use of Preferred Name and Pronouns.

* § 399-zzzzz. Use of preferred name and pronouns. 1. For the purposes
of  this  section,  "telephone  service provider" means any company that
provides voice service utilizing any technology, regardless  of  whether
such provider is regulated pursuant to the public service law.
2.  Every  telephone  service  provider shall provide customers with a
convenient option to request that the  telephone  service  provider  use
their  preferred  name  and/or preferred pronouns in all written or oral
communications between the telephone service provider and the  customer,
as  well  as  all  statements  or documentation relating to a customer's
telephone service, regardless of whether such customer's preferred  name
differs from their current legal name.
3.  If  a  customer's  preferred name differs from their current legal
name, a telephone service provider may require such customer to  provide
reasonable  proof of identity using their legal name, provided that such
information shall be used solely to verify the  customer's  identity  or
for other purposes required by law.
4. No telephone service provider shall:
(a)  willfully  and repeatedly fail to use a customer's preferred name
and/or preferred pronouns after being clearly informed of the  preferred
name  and/or  preferred  pronouns  pursuant  to  subdivision two of this
section; or
(b) require a customer to specify their sexual orientation  or  gender
identity  or  expression  in  order  to  use their preferred name and/or
preferred pronouns.
* NB There are 2 § 399-zzzzz's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 401 - License Required.

§  401. License required. 1. No person shall engage in the practice of
  nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics or  cosmetology,
  as  defined  in  section  four  hundred  of this article, without having
  received a license to engage in such practice in the  manner  prescribed
  in this article. No person shall act as a trainee or perform any service
  as  such  unless  he  or  she has obtained a certificate of registration
  pursuant to this article.
2. No person  shall  own,  control  or  operate,  whether  as  a  sole
  proprietor,  partner,  shareholder,  officer,  independent contractor or
  other person, an appearance enhancement business without having received
  a license for such business in the manner provided in this article.
3. A person licensed by any other state or country  to  practice  nail
  specialty,  waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology shall
  be allowed to practice in New York state for three months or less within
  any calendar year for the purpose  of  giving  to,  or  receiving  from,
  persons  who are licensed under this article training in current styles,
  techniques or materials,  provided  however,  that  no  such  unlicensed
  person  may  provide  services  to  the  public  for  any  fee, or other
  compensation, whether direct or indirect.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 402 - Powers of the Secretary of State.

§ 402. Powers of the secretary of state. In addition to the powers and
  duties  elsewhere  prescribed  in this article, the secretary shall have
  power to:
1. Appoint a sufficient number of  assistants,  inspectors  and  other
  employees  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out the provisions of this
  article, to prescribe their duties, and to fix their compensation within
  the amount appropriated therefor;
2. Examine the qualifications and fitness of applicants  for  licenses
  and prospective applicants taking examinations under this article;
3.  Keep  records  of  all  licenses  issued, suspended or revoked, or
  orders directing the cessation of unlicensed activities;
4. Prepare a manual of  rules  and  regulations  for  the  conduct  of
  examinations  and to furnish copies thereof to persons desiring the same
  upon payment of a reasonable fee therefor; and
5.  Adopt  such  rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the
  provisions of this article, as may be necessary with respect to the form
  and  content  of  applications  for licenses, the reception thereof, the
  investigation  and  examination  of  applicants   and   of   prospective
  applicants  taking  examinations and their qualifications, and the other
  matters incidental or appropriate  to  the  powers  and  duties  of  the
  secretary   as   prescribed   by   this   article  and  for  the  proper
  administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 404-A - Monomeric Methyl Methacrylate.

§  404-a. Monomeric methyl methacrylate. 1. No owner or operator of an
  appearance enhancement business shall knowingly:
a. sell, use or apply to any person monomeric methyl methacrylate; or
b. direct any agent or employee of such business to sell, use or apply
  to any person monomeric methyl methacrylate.
2. A first violation of this section shall be punishable  by  a  civil
  penalty  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars.  A  second  or any
  subsequent violation of this section shall be a class B misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 404-B - Nail Specialty; Owner Responsibilities.

§  404-b.  Nail  specialty; owner responsibilities. In addition to any
  rules  and  regulations  establishing  standards   for   practices   and
  operations  by  licensees  under  this  article,  in order to ensure the
  health, safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all
  owners and operators of appearance enhancement businesses which practice
  nail specialty shall make available for use, gloves  and  facemasks  for
  nail speciality licensees and trainees who work in such businesses.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 404-C - Ultraviolet Nail Drying Devices.

§  404-c. Ultraviolet nail drying devices. 1. "Ultraviolet nail drying
  device"  shall  mean  any  equipment   which   is   designed   to   emit
  electromagnetic  radiation  in the wavelength interval of two hundred to
  four hundred nanometers in air, and which is  intended  to  induce  nail
  curing or hardening through irradiation.
2.  If  the  commissioner  of health makes a determination pursuant to
  section thirty-five hundred fifty-six of  the  public  health  law  that
  ultraviolet  nail  drying  devices  pose  a  health hazard to users, any
  appearance enhancement business where the practice of nail specialty  is
  conducted  shall prominently post the notice developed by the department
  regarding such health hazard in an area clearly visible  to  patrons  in
  the  licensed appearance enhancement business where the practice of nail
  specialty is conducted or in  the  place  where  the  practice  of  nail
  specialty licensed pursuant to this article is conducted. The department
  shall develop and make such sign available to each licensee.
3.  If  the  commissioner  of health makes a determination pursuant to
  section thirty-five hundred fifty-six of  the  public  health  law  that
  ultraviolet  nail  drying  devices  pose  a  health hazard to users, any
  appearance enhancement business that utilizes such devices shall  comply
  with  any and all regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this
  article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 405 - Appearance Enhancement Business License; Requirements.

§  405.  Appearance enhancement business license; requirements. 1. Any
  person who receives an appearance  enhancement  business  license  shall
  operate  such  business  at  the  location  named  in the license and in
  accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by  the  secretary
  pursuant to section four hundred four of this article. Any or all of the
  practices regulated by this article may be provided under one appearance
  enhancement  business  license  so  long  as  each  practitioner  is  an
  appropriate licensee.
2. An appearance enhancement business licensee shall file and maintain
  during the  term  of  the  license  evidence  of  a  bond  or  liability
  insurance.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 407 - Examinations.

§  407. Examinations.  1. The examinations for the license to practice
  natural hair styling, esthetics, nail specialty and cosmetology shall be
  practical and written. The examinations  for  the  license  to  practice
  waxing  shall  be  limited  to a written examination only. The secretary
  shall determine reasonable standards of performance for each license and
  shall evaluate the prospective applicants and applicants on the basis of
  such standards. The objectives of the examinations shall  be  to  insure
  that  prospective applicants and applicants have sufficient basic skills
  to safeguard the health and safety of the  public  and  to  insure  that
  prospective  applicants  and applicants have attained adequate levels of
  skill to competently engage in the activities authorized by the license.
* 2. The secretary shall prepare examination questions for persons  to
  qualify for licensure under this article. All such examinations shall be
  the   same  for  all  persons  for  the  license  sought  at  any  given
  examination. Such test shall not be limited to any  specific  method  or
  system.
* NB Effective until May 15, 2024
* 2.  The secretary shall prepare examination questions for persons to
  qualify for licensure under this  article.  Such  examination  questions
  shall   include,  where  applicable,  questions  relating  to  providing
  services to individuals with varying hair types and textures.  All  such
  examinations shall be the same for all persons for the license sought at
  any  given  examination.  Such test shall not be limited to any specific
  method or system.
* NB Effective May 15, 2024
3.  Examinations  shall  be  in  the  English  language  and,  at  the
  discretion  of  the  secretary, may be translated or transposed into any
  other language if  requested  by  the  prospective  applicant  and  upon
  satisfactory proof of the need therefor provided that a request for such
  a  translated  examination  is  made  of  the  secretary at the time the
  application for license is filed. In the  case  of  physically  disabled
  persons, provision for the alternative administration of the examination
  may  be  made,  provided  a  request  for  such procedure is made of the
  secretary a reasonable time in advance of the examination.  Examinations
  shall  be  held  at  least quarterly and shall be given in at least four
  convenient places in the state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 408-A - Trainee.

§  408-a. Trainee. 1. Each applicant for a certificate of registration
  as  a  trainee  shall  make  an  application  which  shall  include  the
  physician's  certificate  required  by paragraph e of subdivision one of
  section four hundred six of this article, two  recent  photographs,  and
  such  other information required by such section and in such form as the
  secretary may prescribe.
2. A certificate of registration as a trainee shall be for a period of
  one year, renewable for a second year, and may be renewed for additional
  terms within the discretion of the secretary.
3. Each certificate of registration issued as provided in this section
  shall be posted in a conspicuous place  in  the  appearance  enhancement
  business  in  which  the  trainee is actually engaged in the practice of
  nail specialty as a trainee.
4. The holder of a certificate of registration as a trainee shall  not
  be entitled to an appearance enhancement business license.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 408-B - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness Education.

§ 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The
  department  shall  ensure  that  domestic  violence  and  sexual assault
  awareness education courses are made  available  to  all  licensees  and
  applicants  for  a  license or renewal pursuant to this article and that
  such  courses  are  offered  through  the  department's   website.   The
  department,  in  consultation  with  the  office  for  the prevention of
  domestic  violence  and  advocacy  groups  recognized  by  the   federal
  department  of  health  and  human services or the federal department of
  justice, which have the ability to coordinate statewide and  with  local
  communities  on  programming  and  educational  materials related to the
  prevention and intervention of domestic violence or  sexual  assault  in
  New  York  state,  shall develop and provide access to domestic violence
  and sexual assault awareness education  courses  appropriate  for  those
  licensed under this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology › 409 - Fees.

§  409.  Fees.  1.  The  non-refundable  fee  for an application for a
  license to engage in the practice of  nail  specialty,  waxing,  natural
  hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology, shall be forty dollars initially
  and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be forty dollars; the fee for
  a temporary license and each renewal shall be ten dollars.
2.  The  fee  for  an appearance enhancement business license shall be
  sixty dollars initially and sixty dollars for each renewal thereof.
3. Upon a determination that it is in the best public interest  to  do
  so,  the  secretary  may  promulgate  rules  imposing fees not to exceed
  twenty dollars for the registration and renewal of the registration of a
  trainee.
4. The secretary shall receive a  non-refundable  examination  fee  of
  fifteen  dollars  from  each  person  who  takes  a  written examination
  pursuant to this article. Fees collected pursuant to this article  shall
  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  business and licensing services
  account established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-seven-y
  of the state finance law.
5.  The  fee  for  issuing  a  duplicate   license   certificate,   in
  substitution for one lost, destroyed or mutilated shall be ten dollars.
6.  The  fee for changing a name on an appearance enhancement business
  license shall be thirty dollars.
7. The fee for changing the address on a license shall be ten dollars.
8. The fees herein set forth shall be those for  licenses  issued  for
  the license period of four years.