N.Y. General Business Law § 191: Definition

§ 191. Definition. Whenever used in this article: "employer fee paid

employment agency" means any person who on behalf of employers procures

or attempts to procure employees for "Class B" employment (as defined in

section one hundred eighty-five of this article) and who in no instance

charges a fee directly, or indirectly, to persons seeking such

employment even though a fee may be charged to employers seeking the

services of such employees, and who engages in no activity constituting

the operation of an employment agency as defined in section one hundred

seventy-one of this chapter and who in no instance enters into any

arrangement through which the employer fee paid employment agency

receives remuneration or any other thing of value from any person, firm

or corporation which collects fees from applicants.