2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    * §  20-770  Definitions.  For  the  purpose  of  this subchapter, the
  following terms have the following meanings:
    a. "Immigration  assistance  service"  means  providing  any  form  of
  assistance, in the city of New York, for a fee or other compensation, to
  persons  who  have  come,  or  plan  to come to the United States from a
  foreign  country,  or  their  representatives,  in   relation   to   any
  proceeding,  filing  or action affecting the non-immigrant, immigrant or
  citizenship status of a person, which arises under the  immigration  and
  nationality  law, executive order or presidential proclamation, or which
  arises under actions or regulations of the United States citizenship and
  immigration services, the United States  department  of  labor,  or  the
  United States department of state.
    b.  "Provider"  means  any  person,  including  but  not  limited to a
  corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship
  or natural person, that provides immigration  assistance  services,  but
  shall not include:
    1.  any  person  who  is  a  member in good standing of the bar of the
  highest court of any state, possession, territory, commonwealth  or  the
  District  of  Columbia,  and  is  not  under  any  order  of  any  court
  suspending, enjoining, restraining, disbarring, or otherwise restricting
  him or her in the practice of law, or any person working directly  under
  the supervision of the person admitted;
    2.   any   tax-exempt,   not-for-profit   organization  that  provides
  immigration assistance services without a  fee  or  other  payment  from
  individuals  or  at  nominal  fees  as  defined  by the federal board of
  immigration appeals and any employee of such organization acting  within
  the scope of his or her employment;
    3.  any  organization  recognized  by the federal board of immigration
  appeals   that   provides   immigration    assistance    services    via
  representatives  accredited by such board to appear before the bureau of
  citizenship  and  immigration  services  and/or  executive  office   for
  immigration  review,  that does not charge a fee or charges nominal fees
  as defined by the board of immigration appeals;
    4. any authorized  agency  under  subdivision  ten  of  section  three
  hundred  seventy-one  of  the New York state social services law and the
  employees of such organization when acting  within  the  scope  of  such
  employment;
    5.  any  elected  official  who, acting within the scope of his or her
  official capacity, without a fee or other  payment  makes  inquiries  on
  behalf of an individual to the United States citizenship and immigration
  services,  the  United  States  department  of  labor, the United States
  department of state or any other government  authority  responsible  for
  administering   any   program,   law   or   regulation   affecting   the
  non-immigrant, immigrant or citizenship status of a person; or
    6. any employee of the office of the mayor or an executive  agency  of
  the city of New York who, acting within the scope of his or her capacity
  as  an employee of the office of the mayor or an executive agency of the
  city of New York, without a fee or  other  payment  makes  inquiries  on
  behalf of an individual to the United States citizenship and immigration
  services,  the  United  States  department  of  labor, the United States
  department of state or any other government  authority  responsible  for
  administering   any   program,   law   or   regulation   affecting   the
  non-immigrant, immigrant or citizenship status of a person.
    * NB There are 2 § 20-770's