N.Y. General Construction Law § 72 : General Construction — Ancient Statutes And Resolutions — Resolutions of the congress of the colony and the convention of New York inoperative Date: 10 Feb 2014 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 The resolutions of the congress of the colony of New York and of the convention of the state of New York, shall not be deemed to be the laws of this state hereafter. N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 72