N.Y. Education Law § 2052: Enforcement

§ 2052. Enforcement. 1. Any lawyer who violates section two thousand

fifty-one of this part, shall be liable for a civil penalty not to

exceed three times the charges and fees for contracted services or

salary received by the lawyer and paid by such school district or board

of cooperative educational services for legal services, and in addition,

may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Civil penalties and

injunctive relief provided in this section shall be recoverable in an

action brought by the attorney general.

2. Any person who shall knowingly:

(a) violate subdivision two of section two thousand fifty-one of this

part;

(b) make a false statement of material fact; or

(c) falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the

retirement system established in this chapter

in an attempt to defraud the retirement system established in this

chapter as a result of such act for the purpose of obtaining a credit

towards pension benefits, or a benefit or payment in excess of one

thousand dollars from such retirement system for a professional services

provider to which such professional services provider would not be

entitled, shall be guilty of a class E felony.