Title EXC, Executive

§ 160-wwww. Severability. Should the courts of this state declare any\nprovision of this article unconstitutional, or unauthorized, or in\nconflict with any other section or provision of this article, such\ndecision shall affect only such section or provision so declared to be\n…

§ 160-x. Classification of services. 1. A client or employer may\nretain or employ a state certified or licensed real estate appraiser to\nact as a disinterested third party in rendering an unbiased estimate of\nvalue or analysis. A client or employer may also retain or employ a…

§ 160-xxxx. Judicial review. The actions of the department in granting\nor refusing to grant or to renew a license under this article or in\nrevoking or suspending such a license or imposing any fine or reprimand\non the holder thereof or refusing to revoke or suspend such a lic…

§ 160-y. Contingent fees. 1. A state certified or licensed real estate\nappraiser may not accept a fee for an appraisal assignment as defined in\nsection one hundred sixty-x of this article, that is contingent upon the\nappraiser reporting a predetermined estimate, analysis, or …

§ 160-z. Retention of records. 1. A state certified or licensed real\nestate appraiser shall retain for three years, originals or true copies\nof all written contracts engaging his or her services for real property\nappraisal work, and all reports and supporting data assembled a…

§ 161. Certain searches, the filing of papers, and certified copies,\nordered by state officers to be gratuitous. 1. Each of the following\nofficers, to wit: the secretary of state, the comptroller, the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance, the attorney general, the public\nser…

§ 162. Contracts for professional services of state and municipal\nemployees. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general,\nspecial or local, the state and any municipal subdivision thereof and\nany department, bureau, board, commission, authority or any other age…

§ 163. Contracts for services of state agencies. 1. Notwithstanding\nany inconsistent provision of law, general, special or local, the state\nand any department, bureau, board, commission, authority, or any other\nagency or instrumentality of the state, are hereby severally auth…

§ 163-a. Contracts with Green Thumb Environmental Beautification,\nIncorporated. Each state department, agency, board, bureau, commission\nor other unit performing governmental functions for the state, within\namounts appropriated therefor, may contract with Green Thumb\nEnviron…

§ 164. Reports by and to the department. Each department, other than\nthe executive department, shall make an annual report to the governor\nand legislature on or before the fifteenth day of May, for the preceding\ncalendar year. It shall contain such information concerning the\…

§ 164-a. Report and publication economy regulations. 1. The\ncommissioner of the office of general services, in consultation with the\nstate comptroller, shall establish regulations providing for cost\nsavings in the printing and distribution of reports and other\npublications b…

§ 164-b. State aid to rural areas: agency reports. 1. Legislative\nintent. The legislature hereby finds, declares and determines that:\n (a) enhanced access to financial and technical assistance available\nfrom state agencies is of great significance to rural communities;\n (b) …

§ 164-c. Printing cost reduction notices. There shall be printed on\nthe cover or cover page of every annual report, report or similar\npublication issued by any department, division, commission, agency or\nany other entity of the state, a notice which states the following words…

§ 164-d. Availability of application forms. 1. The state and every\nstate agency, department, bureau, board, authority, office, commission,\nor any other instrumentality of the state shall make the various\napplication forms developed and distributed by such agency or\ninstrumen…

§ 165. Commission on uniform state laws; object; membership; term of\noffice; expenses. The commission on uniform state laws is continued. It\nshall be the object of the commission to examine various statutes and\nfields of law and to consult and cooperate with similar commissio…

§ 166. Record of appearances. Every regulatory agency of the state\nshall keep a record of appearances before it or its appropriate\ndivisions or bureaus of attorneys, agents and representatives appearing\non behalf of any person, firm, corporation or association subject to its\…

§ 167. Advertising and publicizing summer camps cited as subversive.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general or special,\nno department, bureau, board, commission, authority, agency or other\ninstrumentality of the state shall knowingly advertise, publicize,\…

§ 168. Notices to attorneys at law by state bodies or officers. 1.\nWhenever a person is involved as a party in a proceeding before any body\nor officer exercising quasi-judicial or administrative functions, and an\nattorney at law has filed a notice of appearance in such procee…

§ 168-a. Designation of days of commemoration. 1. A day of\ncommemoration is a calendar day so designated by this section or a\ncalendar day in any one year so designated by a proclamation of the\ngovernor or resolution of the Senate and Assembly jointly adopted.\n 2. A day of c…

§ 169. Salaries of certain state officers. 1. Salaries of certain\nstate officers holding the positions indicated hereinbelow shall be as\nset forth in subdivision two of this section:\n (a) commissioner of corrections and community supervision,\ncommissioner of education, commi…

§ 17. Governor to communicate annually to legislature, reprieves,\ncommutations and pardons. He must annually communicate to the\nlegislature, each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon; stating the\nname of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence\nand i…

§ 170. Audit of agencies by the state comptroller; reports of\ncorrective action. Whenever the state comptroller shall conduct an audit\nof the activities and operations of any department, bureau, board,\ncommission, authority or any other agency or instrumentality, he or she\ns…

§ 170-a. Celebration of Rosa Parks; bus companies. 1. For purposes of\nthis section, the terms "bus company" and "bus line" shall have the same\nmeanings as set forth in subdivisions two and three of section two of\nthe transportation law.\n 2. On February fourth, two thousand e…

* § 170-b. Employee loans. 1. No state agency shall make available to\nemployees a loan of any amount of money. Provided, however, that nothing\nin this section shall be construed to impede any person from receiving\nany aid for which he or she is eligible pursuant to any state …

* § 170-b. Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.\nNo form or preprinted document utilized by a state agency or public\nauthority or by a municipality shall use the term "oriental" to identify\nor denote persons of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage. Any form …

* § 170-c. Regulatory penalties for small businesses. 1. Unless\nexplicitly exempted or excluded by any other law, rule or regulation,\nupon a first time violation of a state agency's rules or regulations\nrelated to paperwork submitted to a state agency or actions or omissions\…

§ 170-d. Disclosure of disabled tenants' rights. The division of human\nrights shall promulgate regulations requiring every housing provider\nunder subdivisions two-a and five of section two hundred ninety-six of\nthis chapter, to provide notice to all tenants and prospective te…

* § 170-e. Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective\ntenants. The division of human rights shall promulgate regulations\nrequiring any state, county, municipal or other governmental entity,\nincluding but not limited to the division of housing and community\nr…

* § 170-e. Collection of demographic information. 1. Every state\nagency, board, department, or commission that directly collects\ndemographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the\nstate of New York shall use separate collection categories and\ntabulation…

§ 170-f. Website accessibility; contractors and vendors. Each\ncontractor, subcontractor, vendor, consultant, or other person providing\nservices pursuant to a state contract shall be required to conform any\nwebsite provided by such contractor, subcontractor, vendor, consultant…

§ 170-g. Collection of demographic information; sexual orientation and\ngender expression. 1. Every state agency, board, or commission that\ndirectly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry or\nethnic origin of residents of the state of New York shall use, to…

§ 170-h. Additional collection of demographic information. 1. Every\nstate agency, board, department, or commission that directly collects\ndemographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the\nstate of New York shall use separate collection categories and\nt…

§ 170-i. Gender-based violence and the workplace. 1. Each state agency\nshall formulate and issue a gender-based violence and the workplace\npolicy for such agency. In formulating such policy, the state agency\nshall refer to the model gender-based violence and the workplace pol…

* § 170-j. Mental health references contained in state and municipal\nforms. No form, preprinted document, other public-facing document,\ntraining material, agency guidance, or manual utilized by a state\nagency, public authority or municipality shall use the term "emotionally\n…

§ 170-k. Local cops, local crimes act. 1. For purposes of this\nsection, the following definitions shall apply:\n (a) "Law enforcement agency" means the New York state police and any\nlaw enforcement agency or department of any municipality, any police\ndistrict, or any agency, …

§ 171. Discovery and disposition of human remains and funerary\nobjects. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n (a) "Burial site" means any location in which human remains are\ninterred, which is not a cemetery subject to provisions of the\nnot-for-profit corporation law, th…

§ 171-a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\narticle shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nrequired by the context. 1. "Charitable organizations." Any benevolent,\nphilanthropic, patriotic, or eleemosynary person or one purpor…

§ 172. Registration of charitable organizations. 1. Every charitable\norganization, and any charitable organization registered or required to\nbe registered pursuant to article eight of the estates, powers and\ntrusts law, except as otherwise provided in section one hundred\nsev…

§ 172-a. Certain persons exempted. 1. This article shall not apply to\ncorporations organized under the religious corporations law, and other\nreligious agencies and organizations, and charities, agencies, and\norganizations operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connectio…

§ 172-b. Reports by registered charitable organizations; registration\nto be cancelled for failure to file. 1. Every charitable organization\nregistered or required to be registered pursuant to section one hundred\nseventy-two of this article which shall receive in any fiscal ye…

§ 172-c. Non-resident charitable organizations; designation of\nsecretary of state as agent for service of process; service of process.\n1. Any charitable organization having its principal place of business\nwithout the state or organized under and by virtue of the laws of\nanot…

§ 172-d. Prohibited activity. Except as exempted pursuant to\nsubdivision one of section one hundred seventy-two-a of this article, in\naddition to other violations of this article no person shall:\n 1. Make any material statement which is untrue in an application for\nregistrat…

§ 172-e. Disclosure of certain donations by charitable non-profit\nentities. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:\n (a) "Covered entity" shall mean any corporation or entity that is\nqualified as an exempt organization or entity by the United States\nDepartment of t…

§ 172-f. Disclosure of certain activities by non-charitable non-profit\nentities. 1. Definitions. (a) "Covered Entity" means any corporation or\nentity that is qualified as an exempt organization or entity by the\nUnited States Department of the Treasury under I.R.C. 501(c)(4).\…

§ 173. Professional fund-raisers, commercial co-venturers and fund\nraising counsel. 1. Registration and bond required. No person shall act\nas a professional fund raiser or fund raising counsel on behalf of a\ncharitable organization required to be registered pursuant to this\n…

§ 173-a. Contracts of professional fund raisers, fund raising counsel\nand commercial co-venturers; closing statements; final accountings. 1.\nNo person shall act as a professional fund raiser, fund raising counsel\nor commercial co-venturer before he has a written contract with…

§ 173-b. Professional solicitor. 1. Registration required. No person\nshall act as a professional solicitor in the employ of a professional\nfund raiser required to register pursuant to section one hundred\nseventy-three of this article before he or she has registered with the\n…

§ 173-c. Non-resident professional fund raisers, fund raising counsel,\nprofessional solicitors and commercial co-venturers; designation of\nsecretary of state as agent for service of process; service of process.\n1. Any professional fund raiser, fund raising counsel, profession…

§ 174. Solicitation by unregistered charitable organizations,\nprofessional fund-raisers or commercial co-venturers a fraud upon the\npeople of the state. 1. No charitable organization shall employ any\nprofessional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer unless and until such\nfu…

§ 174-a. Contracts with charitable organizations. 1. Whenever a\ncharitable organization contracts with a professional fund raiser or\nfund raising counsel or commercial co-venturer, the charitable\norganization shall have the right to cancel the contract without cost,\npenalty,…