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  2. Necessity defense (New York) - Wikipedia

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    Owners Assn. v. City of New York, 16 NY2d 267, 269; Forest Hills Corp v. Kowler, 80 AD2d 630; Forrest Hills Corp. v. Baroth, 147 Misc. 2d 404. In the event that the defiant guilty intruder is an unknown stranger in an act of malfeasance, a landowner or lawful occupant may choose to invoke his statutory right to "arrest" the intruder and to hold ...

  3. Litter in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Similar from state-to-state, these laws define who violators are, the type or "function" of the person committing the action, and what items must be littered or dumped to constitute an illegal act. Municipal ordinances and state statutes require a "human action" in committing illegal littering or dumping, for one to be "held in violation." Most ...

  4. Begging laws in New York - Wikipedia

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    New York City Police Department. [8] The Loper case was a challenge to the statewide law in the New York Penal Code §240.35(1) which made it an offence to loiter in a public place for the purpose of begging. New York City Police Department rarely issued fines under this law, but used it to 'move on' beggars. [6] In Loper, the Second Circuit

  5. Why migrants are sleeping on the streets of New York City - AOL

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    Video footage of migrant families sleeping on cardboard boxes on the sidewalk while waiting outside a processing center in Manhattan spurred debate this week. To understand the causes of and the ...

  6. Stop-and-frisk in New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York, and Peters v. New York, the Supreme Court granted limited approval in 1968 to frisks conducted by officers lacking probable cause for an arrest in order to search for weapons if the officer suspects the subject to be armed and presently dangerous. The Court's decision made suspicion of danger to an officer grounds for a "reasonable ...

  7. The ordinance includes a provision that, “as an alternative to a fine or jail sentence, the City would encourage the Court to grant diversion or probation with a condition the offender complete ...

  8. Santa Monica could ban sleeping bags, bedrolls in public ...

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    Santa Monica leaders will discuss new changes to its anti-camping ordinance, including to a section allowing homeless people to use pillows, blankets, bedrolls.

  9. New York City Rules - Wikipedia

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    The Rules of the City of New York (RCNY) contains the compiled rules and regulations (delegated legislation) of New York City government agencies. [1] [2] It contains approximately 6,000 rules and regulations in 71 titles, each covering a different city agency. [1] [2] The City Record is the official journal of New York City. [3] [4]