N.Y. General Business Law § 246: Penalties for violation of the foregoing provisions

§ 246. Penalties for violation of the foregoing provisions. A person

who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this article shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one

hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or

both. Failure by an operator to exhibit his pilot certificate upon

proper demand or failure to show the aircraft registration certificate

upon proper demand shall be presumptive evidence that the operator is

not duly licensed or that the aircraft is not duly registered under this

article. That an act or omission with respect to rules set forth in

subdivision six of section two hundred forty-five was done or made in

accordance with regulations affecting aircraft subject to federal

aviation regulations, or that a landing or take-off from or on a public

street or highway was done with consent of local authorities and

approval of the administrator of the federal aviation agency, or that an

act or omission which would otherwise be a violation of a prescribed

rule was an authorized deviation under subdivision eleven of section two

hundred forty-five, shall be matters of defense.