Title GBS, General Business

§ 1601. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect\nimmediately.\n

§ 161. Agent to transmit through principal. No such agent so\nauthorized shall transmit any money received for transmission by him\nthrough any person, firm or corporation other than through the principal\nfrom whom such agent has duly received authority.\n

§ 162. Certain transmission prohibited; method of transmission. No\nsteamship company, express company, or other company and no agent\nthereof, shall receive any money as a depositary. Every such steamship\ncompany, express company, or other company and every agent thereof in\nt…

§ 163. Time of transmission. Every agent authorized to act as such by\nany steamship company, express company, or otherwise for the purpose of\ntransmitting money, shall within two days after receipt thereof, deliver\nto his principal the money so received. Every such steamship …

§ 164. Disposition of undelivered moneys. Every steamship company,\nexpress company, or other company, to which moneys received for\ntransmission are returned for the reason that the same cannot be\ndelivered shall forthwith notify the transmitter thereof by mailing\nwritten not…

§ 165. Application of article. This article shall not apply to any\nperson, firm, corporation or association under the supervision of the\ndepartment of financial services.\n

§ 166. Violations; penalty. Every person, firm or corporation and\nevery officer thereof, who violates any provision of this article is\nguilty of a misdemeanor.\n

§ 17. Days of rest and recreation. a. One day a week may be set aside\nfor rest and recreation.\n b. A day of rest and recreation may be determined by the owners of a\nbusiness or commercial enterprise, which shall include a sole\nproprietorship, partnership or corporation.\n c.…

§ 170. Application of article. This article shall apply to all\nemployment agencies in the state.\n

§ 1700. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Artificial intelligence", "artificial intelligence technology", or\n"AI" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of\nhuman-defined objectives, make predicti…

§ 1701. Prohibitions and requirements. It shall be unlawful for any\noperator to operate for or provide an AI companion to a user unless such\nAI companion contains a protocol to take reasonable efforts for\ndetecting and addressing suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm\…

§ 1702. Notifications. An operator shall provide a clear and\nconspicuous notification to a user at the beginning of any AI companion\ninteraction which need not exceed once per day and at least every three\nhours for continuing AI companion interactions which states either\nver…

§ 1703. Enforcement. 1. Whenever the attorney general shall believe\nfrom evidence satisfactory to them that an operator has engaged in or is\nabout to engage in any of the acts or practices stated to be unlawful in\nthis article or in violation of section seventeen hundred one …

§ 1704. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,\nsection or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its…

§ 171. Definitions. Whenever used in this article:\n 1. "Commissioner" means the industrial commissioner of the state of\nNew York, except that in the application of this article to the city of\nNew York the term "commissioner" means the commissioner of consumer\naffairs of such…

§ 172. License required. No person shall open, keep, maintain, own,\noperate or carry on any employment agency unless such person shall have\nfirst procured a license therefor as provided in this article. Such\nlicense shall be issued by the commissioner of labor, except that if…

§ 173. Application for license. 1. An application for such license\nshall be made to the commissioner of labor, except that if the\nemployment agency is to be conducted in the city of New York the\napplication for such license shall be made to the commissioner of\nconsumer affai…

§ 174. Procedure upon application; grant of license. 1. Upon the\nreceipt of an application for a license, the commissioner shall cause\nthe name and address of the applicant, the name under which the\nemployment agency is to be conducted, and the street and number of the\nplace…

§ 175. Form and contents of license. 1. Every license shall contain\nthe name of the person licensed, a designation of the city, town or\nvillage, street and number of the place in which the person licensed is\nauthorized to carry on the said employment agency, and the number an…

§ 176. Assignment or transfer of license; change of location;\nadditional locations. A license granted as provided in this article\nshall not be valid for any person other than the person to whom it is\nissued or any place other than that designated in the license and shall\nnot…

§ 177. Bonds and license fees. 1. Every person licensed under the\nprovisions of this article to carry on the business of an employment\nagency shall pay to the commissioner a license fee in accordance with\nthe following schedule before such license is issued. The minimum fee\n…

§ 178. Action on bond. All claims or suits brought in any court\nagainst any licensed person may be brought in the name of the person\ndamaged upon the bond deposited by such licensed person as provided in\nsection one hundred seventy-seven and may be transferred and assigned as…

§ 179. Registers and other records to be kept. It shall be the duty of\nevery licensed person to keep a register, approved by the commissioner,\nin which shall be entered, in the English language, the date of the\napplication for employment, the date the applicant started work a…

§ 181. Contracts, statements of terms and conditions, and receipts. It\nshall be the duty of every employment agency to give to each applicant\nfor employment:\n 1. A true copy of every contract executed between such agency and such\napplicant, which shall have printed on it or …

§ 182. Cards to be furnished nurses; registry records. A nurses'\nregistry shall send out to practice nursing only persons duly licensed\npursuant to article one hundred thirty-nine of the education law as a\nregistered professional nurse or licensed practical nurse. Every nurse…

§ 184. Recruitment of domestic or household employees who are\nresidents of other states; findings and policy. The acute shortage of\ndomestic or household employees in this state has led to extensive\nrecruitment of such employees from other states in the continental\nUnited St…

§ 184-a. Recruitment of domestic or household employees from outside\nthe continental United States. 1. Purposes. The recruitment of domestic\nor household employees from outside the continental United States\ninvolves special problems and special services not encompassed in oth…

§ 185. Fees. 1. Circumstances permitting fee. An employment agency\nshall not charge or accept a fee or other consideration unless in\naccordance with the terms of a written contract with a job applicant and\nafter such agency has been responsible for referring such job applican…

§ 185-a. Domestic dayworkers who are transported to the place of\nemployment. 1. Purposes. The lack of adequate local transportation in\ncertain suburban and urban communities of the state has caused\nemployment agencies to provide transportation to daily domestic workers,\nto a…

§ 186. Return of fees. 1. Excessive fee: Any employment agency which\ncollects, receives or retains a fee or other payment contrary to or in\nexcess of the provisions of this article, shall return the fee or the\nexcess portion thereof within seven days after receiving a demand\…

§ 187. Additional prohibitions. An employment agency shall not engage\nin any of the following activities or conduct:\n (1) Induce or attempt to induce any employee to terminate his\nemployment in order to obtain other employment through such agency,\nprovided, however, that thi…

§ 188. Copies of law to be posted. 1. Every licensed person shall post\nin a conspicuous place in the main room of such agency sections one\nhundred seventy-eight, one hundred eighty-one, one hundred eighty-five,\nand one hundred eighty-six, of this article. Such poster shall al…

§ 189. Enforcement of provisions of this article. 1. This article,\narticle nineteen-B of the labor law and sections 37.01, 37.03 and 37.05\nof the arts and cultural affairs law shall be enforced by the\ncommissioner of labor, except that in the city of New York this article\nan…

§ 190. Penalties for violations. Any person who violates and the\nofficers of a corporation and stockholders holding ten percent or more\nof the stock of a corporation which is not publicly traded, who\nknowingly permit the corporation to violate sections one hundred\nseventy-tw…

§ 191. Definition. Whenever used in this article: "employer fee paid\nemployment agency" means any person who on behalf of employers procures\nor attempts to procure employees for "Class B" employment (as defined in\nsection one hundred eighty-five of this article) and who in no…

§ 192. Prohibited activities. An employer fee paid employment agency\nshall not engage in any of the following activities or conduct:\n 1. Direct an applicant to an employer for the purpose of obtaining\nemployment without having first obtained a bona fide order therefor;\nhowev…

§ 193. Penalties for violation. Any person violating the provisions of\nsection one hundred ninety-two of this article shall be guilty of a\nclass A misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one\nthousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year or both.…

§ 194. Employment agency fees; reimbursement from employee to employer\nprohibited. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor.\n (b) "Employer" means an individual, partnership, association,\ncorporation, legal representative, trustee, rece…

§ 198-a. Warranties. (a) As used in this section:\n (1) "Consumer" means the purchaser, lessee or transferee, other than\nfor purposes of resale, of a motor vehicle which is used primarily for\npersonal, family or household purposes and any other person entitled by\nthe terms of…

§ 198-b. Sale or lease of used motor vehicles. a. Definitions. As used\nin this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Consumer" means the purchaser, or lessee, other than for purposes\nof resale, of a used motor vehicle primarily used for personal…

§ 198-c. Automobile trade-in protection. (a) As used in this section,\n"dealer" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by section\nfour hundred fifteen of the vehicle and traffic law.\n (b) When a dealer purchases or obtains a vehicle in trade in a retail\nsale or l…

§ 199. Penalties. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the\nprovisions of section one hundred ninety-six of this article shall be\nliable in an action brought on behalf of the people of the state of New\nYork in the sum of one thousand dollars for each of such violations.\…

§ 199-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the terms:\n 1. "Distributor" means any person engaged in the sale, consignment, or\ndistribution of motor fuels to dealers.\n 2. "Dealer" means any person engaged in the retail sale of motor fuels\nfor use in motor vehicles under a…

§ 199-b. Disclosures to prospective dealers. A distributor shall\ndisclose in writing to any prospective dealer the following information,\nbefore any franchise is entered into:\n 1. The gallonage volume history, if any, of the location under\nnegotiation for and during the thre…

§ 199-c. Termination or refusal to renew a franchise without good\ncause prohibited; notice requirement; right of action. 1. Except as\notherwise provided in this article, no distributor or agent thereof\nshall terminate, cancel or refuse to renew any franchise except for good\n…

§ 199-d. Repurchase of merchandise. In the event of any termination,\ncancellation or failure to renew a franchise, whether by mutual\nagreement or otherwise, a distributor shall make or cause to be made an\noffer in good faith to repurchase from the dealer at then current\nwhol…

§ 199-e. Waiver provisions. Any provision of any franchise agreement\npurporting to waive any provision of this article shall be null and\nvoid.\n

§ 199-f. Application. This act shall not apply to a franchise granted\nprior to the effective date of this article provided that a renewal or\nextension of such a franchise shall not be excluded from the application\nof this article.\n

§ 199-g. Arbitration. Any action instituted pursuant to this article\nin connection with the termination, cancellation, or non-renewal of a\nfranchise, or any part thereof, which provides for the arbitration of\ndisputes arising thereunder in accordance with the rules of the Ame…

§ 199-h. Relationship to other laws. This article shall not be held to\ninvalidate any provisions of the laws of this state unless there is a\ndirect conflict between the provisions of this article and the\nprovisions of such state law, in which case this article shall prevail.\…