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Article 1 - Short Title
1 - Short Title. - § 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...
Article 2 - General Provisions
2 - Term of Office of City Supervisors. - § 2. Term of office of city supervisors. 1. The...
2-A - Succession to Certain City Offices. - § 2-a. Succession to certain city offices. 1. In every...
2-B - Definition. - § 2-b. Definition. The term "infant" or "minor", as used...
3 - Members of Common Council; Appointments to Other City Offices. - § 3. Members of common council; appointments to other city...
3-A - Liability of City Officials. - § 3-a. Liability of city officials. No official of any...
3-B - Deposit of City Funds. - § 3-b. Deposit of city funds. Funds of a city...
3-C - Unlawful Offers or Agreements by Municipal Officials or Omnibus Lines With Respect to Omnibus Line Operations. - § 3-c. Unlawful offers or agreements by municipal officials or...
3-D - Receipts and Disbursements of Payrolls. - § 3-d. Receipts and disbursements of payrolls. By resolution duly...
4 - Removal of Appointive Officers in Cities of the Third Class. - § 4. Removal of appointive officers in cities of the...
5 - Certain Parades and Processions Forbidden; Penalty. - § 5. Certain parades and processions forbidden; penalty. All processions...
6 - Swearing Witnesses. - § 6. Swearing witnesses. Whenever the common council of a...
7 - Summoning Witnesses. - § 7. Summoning witnesses. The chairman or any other member...
8 - Law Applicable to Conduct of Elections at Which Ballot Questions Are Submitted to All the Voters of a City. - § 8. Law applicable to conduct of elections at which...
10 - Licenses to Adult Blind Persons. - § 10. Licenses to adult blind persons. The mayor of...
11 - Use of Soft Coal in Public Institutions. - § 11. Use of soft coal in public institutions. No...
12 - Money for Celebration of Legal Holidays in Cities. - § 12. Money for celebration of legal holidays in cities....
12-A - Money for Tercentennial Celebrations. - § 12-a. Money for tercentennial celebrations. The common council of...
13 - Moneys for Memorial and Veterans Days; How Expended. - § 13. Moneys for Memorial and Veterans days; how expended....
13-A - Moneys for Maintaining the Conference of Mayors and Other City Officials of the State of New York and Any of Its Activities. - § 13-a. Moneys for maintaining the conference of mayors and...
13-B - Publicity Fund. - § 13-b. Publicity fund. Any city may establish a publicity...
13-C - Power of Cities to Provide Moneys to Replace Revenues From Excise Taxes. - § 13-c. Power of cities to provide moneys to replace...
13-E - Expenses of Meeting Rooms for Veterans' and Other Organizations. - § 13-e. Expenses of meeting rooms for veterans' and other...
13-F - Moneys for Maintaining the Municipal Electric Utilities Association of the State of New York and Any of Its Activities. - § 13-f. Moneys for maintaining the municipal electric utilities association...
13-G - Moneys for Maintaining the New York State Assessors Association and Any of Its Activities. - § 13-g. Moneys for maintaining the New York State Assessors...
13-H - Moneys for Maintaining Statewide Associations of Local Officials and Any of Their Activities. - § 13-h. Moneys for maintaining statewide associations of local officials...
14 - Permits for Erection of Booths and Arches. - § 14. Permits for erection of booths and arches. The...
15 - Firefighters Moving From One City to Another. - § 15. Firefighters moving from one city to another. The...
16 - Term of Service; How Reckoned. - § 16. Term of service; how reckoned. When any such...
16-A - Volunteer Members of Fire Companies. - (1) who was recognized prior to the first day of...
16-B - Computation of Pensions in Certain Retirement Funds. - § 16-b. Computation of pensions in certain retirement funds. Notwithstanding...
16-C - Minimum Service Retirement Benefits for Certain Sanitation Department Employees in Cities and Who Are Members of Pension or Retirement Systems Maintai - (a) who is a member of the uniformed force of...
17 - Operation of Crematories for Disposal of Garbage. - § 17. Operation of crematories for disposal of garbage. A...
18 - License to Operate Moving Picture Apparatus. - § 18. License to operate moving picture apparatus. It shall...
18-A - . - § 18-a. Nothing contained in section eighteen shall be considered...
18-B - Admission of Children to Theatres. - § 18-b. Admission of children to theatres. The local legislative...
18-C - . - § 18-c. The common council in all cities of the...
18-D - Duty of Street Vendors to Keep the Sidewalk and Street Clean. - § 18-d. Duty of street vendors to keep the sidewalk...
Article 2-A - Powers of Cities
19 - General Grant of Powers. - § 19. General grant of powers. 1. Every city is...
20 - Grant of Specific Powers. - (b) The term "master electrician" as used in this subdivision...
20-A - Purchasing Department or Agency. - § 20-a. Purchasing department or agency. Each city, except a...
20-B - Cities Authorized to Impose Taxes on Utilities. - § 20-b. Cities authorized to impose taxes on utilities. Notwithstanding...
20-C - Temporary Investment of Certain City Funds in Obligations of the United States. - § 20-c. Temporary investment of certain city funds in obligations...
20-D - Alternative Procedure for Acquisition of Certain Real Property, Personal Property and Franchises of Omnibus Lines Within Cities Having a Population Of - § 20-d. Alternative procedure for acquisition of certain real property,...
20-E - State Office Buildings and Other Public Improvements in Certain Cities. - (a) To acquire by purchase, gift or dedication, or by...
20-F - Transfer of Development Rights; Definitions; Conditions; Procedures. - § 20-f. Transfer of development rights; definitions; conditions; procedures. 1....
20-G - Intermunicipal Cooperation in Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation. - (b) Any one or more municipalities located in a county...
21 - Public or Municipal Purpose and General Welfare Defined. - § 21. Public or municipal purpose and general welfare defined....
21-B - Debt Service in Relation to Certain Municipal Cooperative Activities. - § 21-b. Debt service in relation to certain municipal cooperative...
21-C - Passenger Stations of Railroad Redevelopment Corporations in Certain Cities. - § 21-c. Passenger stations of railroad redevelopment corporations in certain...
21-D - Establishment of Blood Credit Systems by Cities. - (a) Establish the eligibility requirements for and the terms and...
21-E - Operating Assistance for Water-Works Corporations in Certain Cities. - § 21-e. Operating assistance for water-works corporations in certain cities....
21-F - Operating Assistance for Certain Public Utility Services. - § 21-f. Operating assistance for certain public utility services. Each...
22 - This Grant in Addition to Existing Powers. - § 22. This grant in addition to existing powers. The...
23 - Powers Hereby Granted, How to Be Exercised. - § 23. Powers hereby granted, how to be exercised. 1....
24 - Construction of This Act. - § 24. Construction of this act. This article shall be...
Article 2-C - Prohibition of Certain Expenditures of Cities
25 - Increasing Compensation During Fiscal Year Prohibited. - § 25. Increasing compensation during fiscal year prohibited. The board...
Article 2-D - City Personal Income Tax on Residents
25-A - Authorization to Impose Tax. - (a) Any such local law may include a provision for...
25-AP1-6 - City Personal Income Tax on Residents - CITY PERSONAL INCOME TAX ON RESIDENTS PART I GENERAL Section...
25-AP1 - General - CITY PERSONAL INCOME TAX ON RESIDENTS PART I GENERAL
25-A-1 - Meaning of Terms. - (a) "Administrator" means the finance administrator or other fiscal officer...
25-A-2 - Persons Subject to Tax. - (b) Partners and partnerships.-- A partnership as such shall not...
25-A-3 - Rate of Tax. - § 3. Rate of tax. -- The tax imposed by...
25-A-3-A - Rate of Tax. - (a) For taxable years ending on or before December thirty-first,...
25-A-4 - Taxable Years to Which Tax Applies; Tax for Taxable Years Beginning Prior to and Ending After July First, Nineteen Hundred Sixty-Six. - (b) Alternate methods for determining tax for taxable years ending...
25-A-5 - Accounting Periods and Methods. - (b) Change of accounting periods.--If a taxpayer's taxable year is...
25-A-6 - Resident and Nonresident Defined. - (1) who is domiciled in the city, unless he maintains...
25-AP2 - Residents - PART II RESIDENTS
25-A-11 - City Taxable Income of a Resident Individual. - (b) Husband and wife.--(1) If the federal taxable income of...
25-A-12 - City Adjusted Gross Income of a Resident Individual. - (b) Modifications increasing federal adjusted gross income.--There shall be added...
25-A-13 - City Deduction of a Resident Individual. - § 13. City deduction of a resident individual.-- The city...
25-A-14 - City Standard Deduction of a Resident Individual. - (b) Husband and wife determining income separately.-- The city standard...
25-A-15 - City Itemized Deduction of a Resident Individual. - (b) Husband and wife.--(1) A husband and wife, both of...
25-A-16 - City Personal Exemptions of a Resident Individual. - (b) Husband and wife.--If the city income taxes of a...
25-A-17 - Resident Partners. - (b) Character of items.--Each item of partnership income, gain, loss,...
25-A-18 - City Taxable Income of a Resident Estate or Trust. - (a) There shall be subtracted six hundred dollars as the...
25-A-19 - Share of a Resident Estate, Trust or Beneficiary in City Fiduciary Adjustment. - (b) Definition.--The city fiduciary adjustment shall be the net amount...
25-A-20 - Credit to Trust Beneficiary Receiving Accumulation Distribution. - (b) Limitation.--The credit under this section shall not reduce the...
25-AP3 - Ruturns, Declarations and Payment of Tax - PART III RETURNS, DECLARATIONS AND PAYMENT OF TAX
25-A-31 - Returns and Liabilities. - (1) every resident individual required to file a federal income...
25-A-32 - Time and Place for Filing Returns and Paying Tax. - § 32. Time and place for filing returns and paying...
25-A-33 - Signing of Returns and Other Documents. - (b) Partnerships.--Any return, statement or other document required of a...
25-A-34 - Change of Residence Status During the Year. - (b) City taxable income for portion of year individual is...
25-A-35 - Declarations of Estimated Tax. - (b) Definition of estimated tax.--The term "estimated tax" means the...
25-A-36 - Payments of Estimated Tax. - (1) If the declaration is filed on or before April...
25-A-37 - Extensions of Time. - (b) Furnishing of security.--If any extension of time is granted...
25-A-38 - Requirements Concerning Returns, Notices, Records and Statements. - (b) Partnerships.--Every partnership having a resident partner shall make a...
25-A-39 - Report of Change in Federal Taxable Income. - § 39. Report of change in federal taxable income.--If the...
25-A-40 - Change of Election. - § 40. Change of election.-- Any election expressly authorized by...
25-A-41 - Declaration of Estimated Tax for Taxable Years Beginning Prior to the Date This Local Law Becomes Effective. - § 41. Declaration of estimated tax for taxable years beginning...
25-AP4 - Withholding of Tax - PART IV WITHHOLDING OF TAX
25-A-51 - Requirement of Withholding Tax From Wages. - (b) Withholding exemptions.--For purposes of this section: (1) An employee...
25-A-52 - Information Statement for Employee. - § 52. Information statement for employee.-- Every employer required to...
25-A-53 - Credit for Tax Withheld. - § 53. Credit for tax withheld.-- Wages upon which tax...
25-A-54 - Employer's Return and Payment of Withheld Taxes. - (b) Combined returns. The administrator may by regulation provide for...
25-A-55 - Employer's Liability for Withheld Taxes. - § 55. Employer's liability for withheld taxes.-- Every employer required...
25-A-56 - Employer's Failure to Withhold. - § 56. Employer's failure to withhold.--If an employer fails to...
25-AP5 - Procedure and Administration - PART V PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION
25-A-61 - Notice of Deficiency. - (b) Notice of deficiency as assessment.--After ninety days from the...
25-A-62 - Assessment. - (b) Other assessment powers.--If the mode or time for the...
25-A-63 - Limitations on Assessment. - (b) Time return deemed filed.--(1) Early return.--For purposes of this...
25-A-64 - Interest on Underpayment. - (b) Exception as to estimated tax.--This section shall not apply...
25-A-65 - Additions to Tax and Civil Penalties. - (b) Deficiency due to negligence.--If any part of a deficiency...
25-A-66 - Overpayment. - (b) Excessive withholding.--If the amount allowable as a credit for...
25-A-67 - Limitations on Credit or Refund. - (b) Extension of time by agreement.--If an agreement under the...
25-A-68 - Interest on Overpayment. - (1) from the date of the overpayment to the due...
25-A-69 - Petition to Administrator. - (b) Petition for redetermination of a deficiency.--Within ninety days, or...
25-A-70 - Review of Administrator's Decision. - (b) Judicial review exclusive remedy of taxpayer.--The review of a...
25-A-71 - Mailing Rules; Holidays. - (b) Last known address.--For purposes of this local law, a...
25-A-72 - Collection, Levy and Liens. - (b) Notice and demand for tax.--The administrator shall as soon...
25-A-73 - Transferees. - (b) Exceptions.--(1) If before the expiration of the period of...
25-A-74 - Jeopardy Assessment. - (b) Notice of deficiency.--If the jeopardy assessment is made before...
25-A-75 - Criminal Penalties. - (b) Limitations.-- Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred forty-two...
25-A-76 - Armed Forces Relief Provisions. - (1) Whether any of the following acts was performed within...
25-A-77 - General Powers of Administrator. - (b) Examination of books and witnesses.-- The administrator for the...
25-A-78 - Secrecy Requirement and Penalties for Violation. - § 78. Secrecy requirement and penalties for violation.-- Except in...
25-AP6 - Miscellaneous - PART VI MISCELLANEOUS
25-A-90 - Deposit and Disposition of Revenues by Administrator. - § 90. Deposit and disposition of revenues by administrator. All...
25-A-91 - Effect of Invalidity in Part; Inconsistencies With Other Laws. - (b) If any provision of this local law is inconsistent...
25-B - Credits Against Tax. - (1) A credit not in excess of two dollars and...
25-C - Administrative Provisions. - § 25-c. Administrative provisions.-- Any local law adopted pursuant to...
Article 2-F - Rebates of Charges for Energy
25-S - Definitions. - (a) "Eligible energy user". Any non-residential user of energy services,...
25-T - Authorization to Require Special Rebates and Discounts. - (1) Requiring utilities that provide energy services within such city...
25-U - Construction. - § 25-u. Construction. Nothing contained in this article shall be...
Article 2-G - Rebate of Amount of Local Sales Tax Paid on Sales of Energy
25-V - Definitions. - (a) "Vendor of energy services". Any person, corporation or other...
25-W - Authorization to Require and Permit Rebates for Sales Tax Paid. - (1) Requiring utilities selling or otherwise delivering electricity, including electricity...
25-X - Construction. - § 25-x. Construction. Nothing contained in this article shall be...
Article 2-H - Relocation and Employment Assistance Program
25-Y - Definitions. - (a) "Eligible business" means any person subject to a tax...
25-Z - Authorization to Provide Relocation and Employment Assistance Credits. - (b) No eligible business shall be authorized to receive a...
Article 2-I - Rebates of Charges for Energy in Revitalization Areas in Cities Having a Population of One Million or More
25-AA - Definitions. - (a) "Eligible building". A building or structure which is located...
25-BB - Special Rebates. - (1) A private utility shall make a special rebate to...
25-CC - Construction. - § 25-cc. Construction. Nothing contained in this article shall be...
Article 2-J - Lower Manhattan Relocation and Employment Assistance Program
25-DD - Definitions. - (a) "Eligible business" means any person subject to a tax...
25-EE - Authorization to Provide Relocation and Employment Assistance Credits in Lower Manhattan. - (b) No eligible business or special eligible business shall be...
Article 3 - Enacted Without a Hdg
26 - Official Map, Establishment. - § 26. Official map, establishment. Every city by ordinance, local...
27 - Planning Board, Creation and Appointment. - (b) The chairperson of the planning board may designate an...
27-A - Site Plan Review. - § 27-a. Site plan review. 1. Definition of site plan....
27-B - Approval of Special Use Permits. - § 27-b. Approval of special use permits. 1. Definition of...
28-A - City Comprehensive Plan. - (a) Significant decisions and actions affecting the immediate and long-range...
29 - Official Map, Changes. - § 29. Official map, changes. Such legislative body is authorized...
31 - Planning Board, General Reports. - § 31. Planning board, general reports. The planning board shall...
32 - Subdivision Review; Approval of Plats; Development of Filed Plats. - (a) "Subdivision", means the division of any parcel of land...
33 - Subdivision Review; Approval of Plats; Additional Requisites. - (a) the streets and highways be of sufficient width and...
34 - Subdivision Review; Record of Plats. - (b) Such endorsement shall stipulate that the plat does not...
35 - Permits for Building in Bed of Mapped Streets. - § 35. Permits for building in bed of mapped streets....
35-A - Limitation of Time for Revocation of Permit. - § 35-a. Limitation of time for revocation of permit. An...
36 - Municipal Improvements in Streets, Buildings Not on Mapped Streets. - § 36. Municipal improvements in streets, buildings not on mapped...
37 - Subdivision Review; Approval of Cluster Development. - (a) "cluster development" shall mean a subdivision plat or plats,...
38 - Court Review. - § 38. Court review. Any person or persons, jointly or...
38-A - Removal of Walls Encroaching on Streets. - § 38-a. Removal of walls encroaching on streets. 1. If...
39 - Separability Clause. - § 39. Separability clause. If any part or provision of...
Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage
40 - Definitions. - § 40. Definitions. When used in this article, the words...
40-A - Examining Boards of Plumbers in Cities. - § 40-a. Examining boards of plumbers in cities. The existing...
41 - Term of Office; Vacancies. - § 41. Term of office; vacancies. The term of office...
42 - Compensation of Members of Board. - § 42. Compensation of members of board. The master and...
43 - Qualifications. - § 43. Qualifications. All members of such board shall be...
44 - Powers and Duties. - § 44. Powers and duties. The several examining boards of...
45 - Examinations; Conducting Business Without Certificate Prohibited. - § 45. Examinations; conducting business without certificate prohibited. A person...
45-A - Corporations May Conduct Business. - § 45-a. Corporations may conduct business. A domestic corporation desiring...
45-B - Further Requirements Relating to the Business of Plumbing. - * § 45-b. Further requirements relating to the business of...
45-B*2 - Further Requirements Relating to the Business of Plumbing. - * § 45-b. Further requirements relating to the business of...
46 - Registration; When Required. - § 46. Registration; when required. Every employing or master plumber...
47 - Cancellation of Registration; Notice. - § 47. Cancellation of registration; notice. Such registration may be...
48 - Inspectors; Qualifications; Notice. - § 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health...
49 - Duties of Inspectors; Reports. - § 49. Duties of inspectors; reports. The inspector or inspectors...
50 - Expiration and Renewals of Certificates and Licenses. - § 50. Expiration and renewals of certificates and licenses. All...
51 - Notice of Violation of Rules. - § 51. Notice of violation of rules. Whenever any inspector...
52 - Notice, How Served; Proceedings When Violated Not Removed. - § 52. Notice, how served; proceedings when violated not removed....
53 - Plumbing and Drainage to Be Executed According to Rules. - § 53. Plumbing and drainage to be executed according to...
54 - Office Room; Expenses a City Charge. - § 54. Office room; expenses a city charge. Each of...
55 - Violations, How Punished. - § 55. Violations, how punished. Any person violating any of...
56 - Issue of Licenses to Connect With Sewers and Water Mains Restricted. - § 56. Issue of licenses to connect with sewers and...
56-A - Use by the State, Individuals and Corporations Outside Corporate Limits. - § 56-a. Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside...
57 - Article Limited. - § 57. Article limited. 1. This article shall not apply...
Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering
60 - Supervision of Plastering by Building Department. - § 60. Supervision of plastering by building department. The building...
61 - Three Coat Work Required on Lath. - § 61. Three coat work required on lath. All plastering...
62 - Key Space. - § 62. Key space. All ceilings, stud partitions and furred...
63 - First Coat or Scratch Coat. - § 63. First coat or scratch coat. First or scratch...
64 - Second Coat. - § 64. Second coat. Second coat or brown mortar shall...
65 - Finishing. - § 65. Finishing. When white mortar, or any other material...
66 - Cornices or Coves. - § 66. Cornices or coves. All cornices or coves shall...
67 - Patent Plasters. - § 67. Patent plasters. When patent plasters, such as ivory,...
68 - Enacted Without Section Heading - § 68. Nothing in this article contained shall affect the...
Article 5-A - Buildings and Use Districts
81 - Zoning Board of Appeals. - (b) To be eligible for reappointment to such board, such...
81-A - Board of Appeals Procedure. - (b) An appeal shall be taken within sixty days after...
81-B - Permitted Action by Board of Appeals. - (a) "Use variance" shall mean the authorization by the zoning...
81-C - Article Seventy-Eight Proceeding. - § 81-c. Article seventy-eight proceeding. 1. Application to supreme court...
81-D - Incentive Zoning; Definitions, Purposes, Conditions, Procedures. - (a) "Incentives or bonuses" shall mean adjustments to the permissible...
81-E - Article Not Applicable to Certain Cities. - § 81-e. Article not applicable to certain cities. The provisions...
81-F - Planned Unit Development Zoning Districts. - § 81-f. Planned unit development zoning districts. A city legislative...
83 - Amendments, Alterations and Changes in District Lines. - (a) the owners of twenty percent or more of the...
83-A - Exemption of Lots Shown on Approved Subdivision Plats. - (a) establish or increase lot areas or lot dimensions which...
Article 6 - Police Matrons
90 - Police Station Houses for the Detention of Women; How Designated. - § 90. Police station houses for the detention of women;...
93 - When Police Matrons to Reside at Station Houses. - § 93. When police matrons to reside at station houses....
94 - Women Under Arrest to Have Separate Accommodations. - § 94. Women under arrest to have separate accommodations. It...
95 - Proceeding in Case of Arrest of Women. - § 95. Proceeding in case of arrest of women. Whenever...
96 - Woman Defined. - § 96. Woman defined. The term "woman" as used in...
97 - Appropriations Under Article, How Made. - § 97. Appropriations under article, how made. The proper local...
Article 7 - Issuance and Validation of Bonds
116 - Certificates of Deposit. - § 116. Certificates of deposit. The legislative body of a...
Article 8 - Drug Control Authorities
120 - Creation; Board; Employees. - § 120. Creation; board; employees. The governing body of each...
121 - Powers of the Authority. - § 121. Powers of the authority. The authority, by and...
122 - Reports of the Authority. - § 122. Reports of the authority. The authority shall make...
123 - Acquisition of Real Property; Financing of Expenditures. - § 123. Acquisition of real property; financing of expenditures. Real...
Article 9 - Contracts for Supply of Gas
130 - Contracts With Corporations for Supply of Gas. - § 130. Contracts with corporations for supply of gas. The...
131 - Letting of Contract to Be Public. - § 131. Letting of contract to be public. Every such...
132 - Contract to Provide for Reduction of Price. - § 132. Contract to provide for reduction of price. Every...
Article 10 - Hospitals for Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
140 - Establishment of Hospitals. - § 140. Establishment of hospitals. A city of the first...
141 - Selection of Site. - § 141. Selection of site. Whenever a city having a...
142 - Jurisdiction of Local Board of Health. - § 142. Jurisdiction of local board of health. All hospitals...
Article 11 - Protection of Purchasers of Coal
161 - Bills of Lading; Penalty for Altering. - § 161. Bills of lading; penalty for altering. A person...
Article 12 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect
170 - Laws Repealed. - § 170. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the...
171 - When to Take Effect. - § 171. When to take effect. This chapter shall take...