N.Y. Education Law § 3809: Forfeiture of amount of moneys lost by neglect

§ 3809. Forfeiture of amount of moneys lost by neglect. Whenever the

share of school moneys or any portion thereof, apportioned to any school

district, or any money to which a town or school district would have

been entitled, shall be lost, in consequence of any wilful neglect of

official duty by any district superintendent, town clerk, trustees or

clerks of school districts, the officer guilty of such neglect shall

forfeit to the town, or school district so losing the same, the full

amount of such loss with interest thereon.