N.Y. General Construction Law § 81: Titles and head notes

§ 81. Titles and head notes. If the title of any article or other

division of a statute, or the head note of a section shall be amended or

repealed in the body of the statute, or if a new article or other

division having a title, or a new section having a new head note be

added to a statute, the corresponding title or head note, if any, in an

abstract of contents at the beginning of the statute, article or other

division of the statute shall be deemed to be correspondingly amended or

repealed, although there be no express reference thereto.