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New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 538-a. Enforcement

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The attorney general may bring a civil action against any person, firm, corporation, or other business entity, regardless of its form of organization, that violates this article to enjoin the violation and may recover the following:

(1) a civil penalty of one thousand dollars per violation of this article or, for a pattern or practice of such violations, up to three thousand dollars per violation;  and/or

(2) costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.

(c)   1Nothing in this section shall in any way limit rights or remedies which are otherwise available under law to the attorney general or any other person authorized to bring an action under this section.

1  So in original. No subd. (b) was enacted.
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