Argued February 15, 2000 April 4, 2000 Appeal from Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department. Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Elizabeth I. Freedman, Leonard Koernerm Gail Rubin and Spencer Fisher of counsel), and Richard M. Weinberg, for appellants in the first above-entitled action. Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Edward D. Johnson, Preeta D. Bansal and Marion R. Buchbinder of counsel), for respondents in the first above-entitled
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of New York that adequate, safe and efficient transportation facilities and services at reasonable cost to the people are essential to the economic growth of the state and the well-being of its people and that the planning and development of such facilities and services shall be coordinated by a state department of transportation with overall responsibility for balanced transportation policy and planning. N.Y. Transp. Law § 10
The municipal officers and boards in the several cities, towns and villages of this state now having the authority to enact ordinances, may adopt ordinances regulating: 1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordinances regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and limousines and may limit the number to be licensed; the county of Nassau may adopt ordinances regulating the registration of
1. Subject to the provisions of this section, the authority is hereby authorized, upon the request of the New York city transit authority and upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed to by the authority (i) to plan, design, acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate and improve facilities, equipment, devices and appurtenances, and property or property rights constituting or to constitute part of, or used or to be used in connection with the operation of any transit facility now or hereafter
1. Definitions. When used in this section: a. "Authority" shall mean the New York city transit authority and its subsidiaries. b. "Committee" shall mean the New York city transportation disabled committee established pursuant to subdivision two of this section. c. "Contractor" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any state agency, public authority, political subdivision or municipality of this state which enters into a contract related to the provision of paratransit
In addition to any other tax imposed by this chapter or other law, there is hereby imposed on every taxicab owner a tax of fifty cents per taxicab trip and on every HAIL base a tax of fifty cents per HAIL vehicle trip provided by every HAIL vehicle affiliated with the base, on every trip that originates in the city and terminates anywhere within the territorial boundaries of the MCTD. N.Y. Tax Law § 1281
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary: (a) All taxes, interest and penalties collected or received by the commissioner pursuant to this article shall be deposited daily with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust companies, as may be designated by the comptroller, in trust for the credit of the metropolitan transportation authority. An account may be established in one or more of such depositories. Such deposits shall be kept separate and apart from all other money in the
(a) A pure captive insurance company may be incorporated (1) as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders; or (2) as a mutual insurer without capital stock, the governing body of which is appointed by the parent industrial insured; or (3) in the case of a public benefit corporation, public authority or other public entity, as the applicable state law may require. In the case of a city with a population of one million or more, a pure captive insurance company