N.Y. Election Law § 15-136: Refusal of officer to surrender his office

§ 15-136. Refusal of officer to surrender his office. If a person who

has been an officer of a village refuses or neglects to deliver to his

successor in office, within ten days after written notification and

request sent by order of board of trustees all the moneys, books,

papers, records, property and effects of every description, which have

come into his possession or under his control by virtue of his office

and which belong to the village or pertain to the office, he shall

forfeit and pay to the village the sum of twenty-five dollars for each

and every day he shall so neglect or refuse, and he shall also pay all

damages, costs and expenses caused by such neglect or refusal.