Title GBS, General Business

§ 396-w. Loitering for the purpose of soliciting passengers for transportation. 1. Any person who loiters or remains in or about any airport located within a county wholly contained within a city, without the prior written authorization of the New York city taxi and limousine co…

* § 396-x. Gasoline stations; air pumps required. 1. Definition. As used in this section: "dealer" shall mean any person owning or operating a premise or facility with four or more gas dispensing nozzles for the retail sale of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles. 2. Any dealer…

* § 396-x. Unauthorized removal or destruction of newspapers. 1. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to maliciously remove or destroy a newspaper left or delivered on another person's property. For purposes of this section: (a) "unauthorized removal or destruction" …

§ 396-y. Sale of certain personal property; incentives; disclosure of value. 1. Definitions. a. The term "consumer" shall mean a natural person residing in this state. b. The term "consumer goods" shall mean any item of personal property, merchandise or services, having a value …

* § 396-z. Rental vehicle protections. 1. For the purposes of this\nsection: (a) "Authorized driver" means: (i) the person to whom the\nvehicle is rented if a licensed driver; (ii) such person's spouse if\nlicensed and at least eighteen years of age; (iii) any person who\noperat…

§ 397. Unlawful use of name or other identification of certain non-profit organizations. 1. No person, firm, association or corporation shall use, for advertising purposes or for purposes of trade, the name, symbol, device or other identification of any non-profit corporation, a…

§ 397-a. Distributing unsolicited advertising on private property prohibited; certain cities. 1. In any city with a population of one million or more, no person shall place, or cause or permit to be placed on private property any unsolicited papers, fliers, pamphlets, handbills,…

§ 397-b. Digital billboards. 1. All residential and commercial property within one thousand feet of a building used as Mitchell-Lama housing with no fewer than ten thousand units within a city with a population of one million or more shall be prohibited from erecting or installi…

§ 398. Bills of lading to be issued by vessels transporting merchandise within the state. It shall be the duty of the owner, master or agent of any vessel transporting merchandise or property between ports of this state to issue to shippers of any lawful merchandise a bill of la…

§ 398-a. Shipment of motor vehicles outside the continental United States. 1. No person whose business involves the preparation of the shipping order or dock receipt or bill of lading or other export papers for the transportation by water of a motor vehicle outside the continent…

§ 398-b. Discrimination in car rentals prohibited. 1. No car or vehicle rental agency shall refuse to rent a car or vehicle to any person otherwise qualified because of race, color, ethnic origin, religion, disability, or sex. 2. Any rental vehicle company found by a court of co…

§ 398-c. Children attending roller skating rinks and indoor ice skating rinks under certain conditions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner, lessee, proprietor, operator, attendant or employee of any roller skating rink or indoor ice skating rink loe may admit …

§ 398-d. Disposal of abandoned molds. 1. For the purpose of this section, the term: (a) "Customer" means any individual or entity (1) who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, or form or (2) who causes or caused a molder to use a die, mold,…

§ 398-e. Indemnity provision in motor carrier transportation contracts. 1. For the purposes of this section: (a) "motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement or understanding covering: (i) the transportation of property for compensation or hire by the moto…

§ 398-f. Children's non-regulated camp. 1. (a) As used in this section, a "children's non-regulated camp" shall mean property consisting of a tract of land and any tents, vehicles, buildings or other structures that may be pertinent to its use, any part of which may be occupied …

* § 398-g. Kratom package labeling. 1. For the purposes of this section, "Kratom" means any part of the plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant or synthesized or semi-synthesized pre…

§ 399. Cigarette package labeling. 1. On each package of cigarettes sold or delivered by a manufacturer or distributor within this state after June first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, there shall be printed thereon or attached thereto a warning of the consequences of excessive sm…

§ 399-a. Pay toilets; prohibition. 1. On and after September first, nineteen hundred seventy-five, no owner, lessee or other occupant of any real property or any other person, copartnership or corporation shall operate or permit to be operated pay toilet facilities upon such rea…

§ 399-aa. Prohibition of the selling of fur, hair, skin or flesh of a dog or cat. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to knowingly import, sell, offer for sale, manufacture, distribute, transport or otherwise market or trade in the fur, hair,…

§ 399-aaa. Selling and manufacturing of fur-bearing articles of clothing. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "faux fur" shall mean artificially manufactured fur which is made to resemble real fur but which is not derive…

§ 399-aaaa. Menstrual product labeling. 1. For purposes of this section: (a) "ingredient" shall mean an intentionally added substance present in the menstrual product; * (b) "menstrual product" shall mean products used for the purpose of catching menstruation and vaginal dischar…

§ 399-aaaaa. Selling of animal tested cosmetics. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Cosmetic" shall mean articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the hu…

§ 399-aaaaaa. Diaper labeling. 1. For purposes of this section: (a) "ingredient" shall mean an intentionally added substance present in a diaper; (b) "diaper" shall mean a type of garment or product inserted into a garment for the purpose of absorbing waste products to prevent s…

§ 399-b. Contracts for the use of the streets for hack stands. The owner, lessee or other occupant of any real property, or any other person, copartnership or corporation, who shall make or enter into any agreement, contract or arrangement whatsoever whereby the right is attempt…

§ 399-bb. Certain dry cleaning institutions; option for six months donation of articles of clothing. 1. A retail dry cleaning institution may post the following notice: IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW YORK STATE LAW GARMENTS NOT PICKED UP WITHIN SIX MONTHS WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITY Such…

§ 399-bbb. Solicitations by container; disclosures. 1. As used in this section the term "publicly accessible collection bin" shall mean an unattended canister, box, receptacle, or similar device, used for the solicitation and collection of personal property, not including money …

§ 399-c. Mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts prohibited. 1. Definitions. a. The term "consumer" shall mean a natural person residing in this state. b. The term "consumer goods" shall mean goods, wares, paid merchandise or services purchased or paid for by…

* § 399-cc. Wireless telephone numbers. 1. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other business entity shall obtain from any provider of wireless telephone service, as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of sec…

* § 399-cc. Transcripts and stenographic services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when an attorney of record orders or requests either orally or in writing that a stenographic record be made of any judicial proceeding, deposition, statement or interv…

§ 399-ccc. Smoke detecting devices. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to distribute, sell, offer for sale, or import any solely battery operated smoke detecting alarm device powered by a replaceable, removable battery. All solely battery operated smoke detecting a…

§ 399-cccc. Wireless telephone services; domestic violence victims. 1. Every provider of wireless telephone service, as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, shall allow a person who is under a shared …

§ 399-ccccc. Connected vehicle service; domestic violence victims. 1. For the purposes of this section, the terms: (a) "connected vehicle service" shall mean any technology that enables a person, other than the driver or a covered provider, to track the location of, control any …

§ 399-d. Children attending public bowling alleys under certain conditions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner, lessee, proprietor, operator, attendant or employee of any public bowling alley shall admit or allow to remain in any such public bowling alley, and…

* § 399-dd. Sale of alcohol vaporizing devices prohibited. 1. For purposes of this section, "alcohol vaporizing device" means any device, machine or process which mixes spirits, liquor or other alcohol product with pure oxygen or other gas to produce a vaporized product for the …

* § 399-dd. Construction or installation of playground or playground equipment. 1. Definitions relative to playground safety. For the purposes of this section, the term "playground" means an improved area designed, equipped, and set aside for play of six or more children which i…

* § 399-dd. Consumer communications records privacy. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "telephone record" means information retained by a telephone company that relates to the telephone number dialed from the telephone of…

* § 399-ddd. Confidentiality of social security account number. Beginning on and after January first, two thousand eight: 1. (a) As used in this section "social security account number" shall include the number issued by the federal social security administration and any number …

* § 399-ddd. Disclosure of social security number. 1. As used in this section, "social security account number" shall include the number issued by the federal social security administration and any number derived from such number. Such term shall not include any number that has …

* § 399-e. Prohibition of the importation, manufacturing, distribution, or sale of yo-yo waterball toys. 1. No person, firm, corporation, or association shall import, manufacture, sell, offer to sell, or distribute a yo-yo waterball toy. 2. For purposes of this section, the term…

* § 399-e. Actions. No person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association may deny credit, reduce the credit limit, or raise the cost of credit of a consumer, solely because such consumer is a victim of identity theft, if the person denying, reducing, or raising the cos…

§ 399-ee. Zone pricing of gasoline prohibited. 1. As used in this section: (a) "Affiliate" means any person whose stock is more than fifty percent owned by or who, regardless of stock ownership, is controlled by or is under common control with any other person. (b) "Competition"…

* § 399-eee. Disabling of services to stolen wireless phones. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "International mobile equipment identifier (IMEI)" shall mean: (i) a mobile equipment identifier; (ii) electroni…

* § 399-eee. Car wash promotion disclosure. 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "car wash" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other business entity that engages in the cleaning of vehicles, includin…

§ 399-f. Laundromat refund procedures. 1. "Self service laundromats" or "coin operated laundries" shall mean and include all laundromats and any apartment building with two or more washing machines or clothes dryers. 2. All self service laundromats, except those staffed by a ful…

§ 399-ff. Petting zoos. 1. For purposes of this section the terms: (a) "petting zoo" shall mean a place where a collection of animals are kept for the express purpose of viewing, touching, holding and petting by patrons and visitors to the establishment; and (b) "hand washing or…

§ 399-gg. Packaging of electronic liquid. 1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any electronic liquid, as defined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-cc of the public health law, unless the electronic liquid is sol…

§ 399-h. Disposal of records containing personal identifying information. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: a. "Dispose" means to throw out or away or to get rid of and shall not include a sale of a record or…

§ 399-i. Prohibit the sale of unsafe cribs and restrict use of such cribs in certain settings. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Crib" shall mean a bed or containment designated to accommodate an infant. (b) "Distrib…

* § 399-ii. Furniture tip restraint device. 1. As used in this section: (a) "furniture" shall mean a clothing storage unit that is freestanding and at least twenty-seven inches in height including but not limited to chests, dressers, armoires, and bureaus; and (b) "tip restraint…

* § 399-ii. Prohibit the sale of crib bumper pads and restrict use of such pads in certain settings. 1. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Crib" shall mean a bed or containment designated to accommodate an infant. (b) "Crib bumper pads" shall mean a pad or pads of a non-mesh…