N.Y. Energy Law § 11-108: Penalties

§ 11-108. Penalties. 1. Any person having been served with an order to

remedy a violation of the code pursuant to the provisions of any local

law or ordinance, or the procedures adopted pursuant to section three

hundred eighty-one of the executive law, who shall fail to comply with

such order within thirty days after such service or within the time

fixed by such order for compliance, whichever is greater, and any owner,

builder, architect, engineer, contractor or subcontractor taking part or

assisting in the construction or use of any building who shall knowingly

violate any applicable provisions of the code or any lawful order of the

governmental entity responsible for the administration and enforcement

thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand

dollars or by imprisonment of not more than thirty days in jail, or

both.

2. Except as provided otherwise by law, any such violation shall not

be a crime and the penalty or punishment imposed therefor shall not be

deemed for any purpose a penal or criminal penalty or punishment, and

shall not impose any disability upon or affect or impair the credibility

as a witness, or otherwise, of any person convicted thereof.