N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 81

§ 81. Titles and head notes. If the title of any article or other\ndivision of a statute, or the head note of a section shall be amended or\nrepealed in the body of the statute, or if a new article or other\ndivision having a title, or a new section having a new head note be\nadded to a statute, the corresponding title or head note, if any, in an\nabstract of contents at the beginning of the statute, article or other\ndivision of the statute shall be deemed to be correspondingly amended or\nrepealed, although there be no express reference thereto.\n