N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-1711: Willful violation of health laws

§ 71-1711. Willful violation of health laws.

1. A person who willfully violates or refuses or omits to comply with

any lawful order or regulation prescribed by any local board of health

or local health officer, is guilty of a misdemeanor; except, however,

that where such order or regulation applies to a tenant with respect to

his own dwelling unit or to an owner occupied one or two family

dwelling, such person is guilty of an offense for the first violation

punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars and for a second or

subsequent violation is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not

to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six

months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. A person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter

listed in section 71-1701, or of titles 17 through 21 inclusive of this

article, or any regulation lawfully made or established by any public

officer or board under authority of such provisions, the punishment for

violating which is not otherwise prescribed by such provisions or any

other law, is punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a

fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or by both.