<P> Pursuant to certain broadly worded statutes, state agencies and courts have promulgated an enormous body of rules and regulations (delegated legislation). Regulations are promulgated with and published in the New York State Register and compiled in the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR). There are also numerous decisions, opinions, and rulings of state agencies . Altogether these are sometimes called administrative law . </P> <P> Decisions of the New York Court of Appeals are binding authority on all other courts, and persuasive authority for itself in later cases . Decisions of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division department panels are binding on the lower courts, and are persuasive authority for the Court of Appeals, other Appellate Division departments . In the absence of a relevant Appellate Division decision from a trial court's own department, the trial court is bound by the applicable decisions of other departments . Decisions by the Supreme Court, Appellate Term must be followed by courts whose appeals lie to it . Published trial court decisions are persuasive authority for all other courts in the state . </P> <P> The New York State Courts Electronic Filing System (NYSCEF) is the electronic court filing (e-filing) system . The New York State Reporter of the New York State Law Reporting Bureau is the official reporter of decisions and is required to publish every opinion, memorandum, and motion sent to it by the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the New York Reports and Appellate Division Reports, respectively . The trial court and Supreme Court appellate term opinions are published selectively in the Miscellaneous Reports . The most recent decisions are found in the New York Reports 3d (cited as N.Y. 3d), the Appellate Division Reports 3d (cited as A.D. 3d) and the Miscellaneous Reports 3d (cited as Misc . 3d). Select opinions of the lower courts in the first and second departments are also published in the New York Law Journal . </P> <P> New York is divided into counties, cities, towns, and villages, which are all municipal corporations with their own government . New York City contains no county, town or village governments other than the government of New York City . The Constitution of New York enumerates the powers of local governments, such as the power to elect a legislative body and adopt local laws . Counties, cities, and towns may also promulgate ordinances in addition to laws . A local law has a status equivalent with a law enacted by the Legislature (subject to certain exceptions and restrictions), and is superior to the older forms of municipal legislation such as ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations . </P>

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