§ 411 Purpose of article
§ 412 Definitions
§ 419 Rules and regulations
§ 420 State aid
§ 421 Withholding state aid
§ 422 Youth bureaus
§ 423 Grants; raising and paying over of local funds
§ 424 Report and recommendations
§ 425 Interpretation
§ 426 Constitutionality

Terms Used In New York Laws > Executive > Article 19-A - Delinquency and Youth Crime Prevention

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Commissioner: shall mean the commissioner of children and family services, designated as the head of the office of children and family services by chapter four hundred thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local youth bureau: shall mean a youth bureau, not included within the definition of municipal youth bureau pursuant to subdivision eight of this section, that engages in activities, including, but not limited to, the operation, administration or monitoring of youth development programs, throughout a particular village, town or city. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Municipal youth bureau: shall mean either:
    N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Municipality: shall mean a county, or a city having a population of one million or more. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Office: shall mean the office of children and family services established in the department of family assistance by chapter four hundred thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • State aid: shall mean payments by the state to a municipality for or toward the cost of establishment, operation and/or maintenance of approved youth programs in accordance with the provisions of this article. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Youth: shall mean any person under twenty-one years of age. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Youth development program: shall mean a local program designed to accomplish the broad purposes of this article subject to the rules and regulations of the office; provided however, the term "youth development program" shall not include approved runaway programs or transitional independent living support programs as such terms are defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of this chapter. See N.Y. Executive Law 412