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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Executive Law § 299: Penal provision

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  2. Article 15. Human Rights Law

§ 299. Penal provision. Any person, employer, labor organization or

employment agency, who or which shall wilfully resist, prevent, impede

or interfere with the division or any of its employees or

representatives in the performance of duty under this article, or shall

wilfully violate an order of the division or commissioner, shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and be punishable by imprisonment in a

penitentiary, or county jail, for not more than one year, or by a fine

of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both; but procedure for the

review of the order shall not be deemed to be such wilful conduct.

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