N.Y. General Construction Law § 71 : General Construction — Ancient Statutes And Resolutions — Acts of the legislature of the colony of New York inoperative Date: 10 Feb 2014 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 Acts of the legislature of the colony of New York shall not be deemed to have had any force or effect in this state since December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 71