N.Y. General Business Law 89-W – Applicability
* § 89-w. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a not-for-profit security guard company, public entity, or tenant or third-party security provider of such tenant of a publicly owned sports venue with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people located in the county of Erie, which hires a security guard or guards for a specific event or events solely for its own proprietary use and which employs such security guards only on a temporary basis for a total period not exceeding fifteen days per year. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, such tenant or third-party security provider of a publicly owned sports venue with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people located in the county of Erie shall ensure that no less than fifty percent of the security guards that such tenant or third-party security provider hires have obtained a license under this article.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 89-W
- Public entity: shall mean :
a. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F - Security guard: shall mean a person, other than a police officer, employed by a security guard company to principally perform one or more of the following functions within the state:
a. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F - Security guard company: shall mean any person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, public entity or subsidiary or department of such firm, limited liability company, corporation or public entity employing one or more security guards or being self-employed as a security guard on either a proprietary basis for its own use or on a contractual basis for use by another person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, public entity or subsidiary thereof within the state. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
* NB Effective until September 20, 2024
* § 89-w. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a not-for-profit security guard company or public entity which hires a security guard or guards for a specific event or events solely for its own proprietary use and which employs such security guards only on a temporary basis for a total period not exceeding fifteen days per year.
* NB Effective September 20, 2024
* NB Numerically this section should be in Art. 8 but its subject matter places it in Art. 7-A.