New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 190. Penalties for violations

Any person who violates and the officers of a corporation and stockholders holding ten percent or more of the stock of a corporation which is not publicly traded, who knowingly permit the corporation to violate sections one hundred seventy-two, one hundred seventy-three, one hundred seventy-six, one hundred eighty-four, one hundred eighty-four-a, one hundred eighty-five, one hundred eighty-five-a, one hundred eighty-six, or one hundred eighty-seven of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per violation, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, by any court of competent jurisdiction.  The violation of any other provision of this article shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.  Criminal proceedings based upon violations of these sections shall be instituted by the commissioner and may be instituted by any persons aggrieved by such violations.