2014 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 6 - (60 - 64) JUNK DEALERS
60 - Definitions.

 60. Definitions. As used in this article:
1. "Junk metal" means any product made of steel, copper, copper alloy,
  brass,  aluminum, or aluminum alloy that is readily used or useable by a
  public utility, railroad, county,  city  or  state  highway  department,
  public or private school, or an institution of higher education or which
  has  an  established market for resale to scrap processors as defined in
  section sixty-nine-e of this chapter.
2. "Junk dealer" means  any  individual,  firm,  corporation,  limited
  liability  company, or partnership engaged in the business of purchasing
  and reselling valuable metal either at a permanently  established  place
  of  business  or  in  connection with a business of an itinerant nature,
  including junk shops, junk yards, junk stores,  auto  wreckers,  salvage
  yards,  collectors  of  or  dealers in junk and junk cars or trucks, but
  shall not include any individual, firm, corporation,  limited  liability
  company,  or  partnership duly licensed as a scrap processor as provided
  in article six-c of this chapter.
3. "Purchase" means acquiring a junk metal product or  products  by  a
  junk  dealer for a consideration, but does not include purchases between
  scrap processors.