N.Y. General Business Law § 239-c: Civil liability

§ 239-c. Civil liability. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation,

association or officer, director, employee, or agent thereof sustaining

damages by reason of a knowingly misleading, deceptive or fraudulent

appraisal may bring a civil action for actual damages together with

costs, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements or an action to

restrain an appraiser from violating the provisions of this article if

it is found that such appraiser has willfully violated such provisions.