N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 41: Penalty for violation

§ 41. Penalty for violation. Any person who or any agency, bureau,

corporation or association which shall violate any of the provisions of

sections forty, forty-a, forty-b or forty-two or who or which shall aid

or incite the violation of any of said provisions and any officer or

member of a labor organization, as defined by section forty-three of

this chapter, or any person representing any organization or acting in

its behalf who shall violate any of the provisions of section

forty-three of this chapter or who shall aid or incite the violation of

any of the provisions of such section shall for each and every violation

thereof be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor

more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered by the person aggrieved

thereby or by any resident of this state, to whom such person shall

assign his cause of action, in any court of competent jurisdiction in

the county in which the plaintiff or the defendant shall reside; and

such person and the manager or owner of or each officer of such agency,

bureau, corporation or association, and such officer or member of a

labor organization or person acting in his behalf, as the case may be

shall, also, for every such offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred

dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned not

less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and

imprisonment. At or before the commencement of any action under this

section, notice thereof shall be served upon the attorney general.