New York Consolidated Laws, Workers' Compensation Law - WKC § 95. Record and audit of payrolls

(1) Every employer who is insured in the state insurance fund shall keep a true and accurate record of the number of his employees and the wages paid by him, and shall furnish, upon demand, a sworn statement of the same. Such record shall be open to inspection at any time and as often as may be necessary to verify the number of employees and the amount of the payroll. Any employer who shall fail to keep such record, who shall willfully fail to furnish such record or who shall willfully falsify any such record, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) Employers subject to subdivision (e) of section two thousand three hundred four of the insurance law and subdivision two of section eighty-nine of this article shall keep a true and accurate record of hours worked for all construction classification employees. The willful failure to keep such record, or the knowing falsification of any such record, may be prosecuted as insurance fraud in accordance with the provisions of section 176.05 of the penal law.