N.Y. General Business Law § 69-v: Violations and penalties

§ 69-v. Violations and penalties. Any person who shall directly or

indirectly engage in the business of installing, servicing or

maintaining security or fire alarm systems or hold himself out to the

public as being able so to do without a license therefor, or who shall

violate any of the provisions of this article, or having had his license

suspended or revoked, shall continue to engage in the business of

installing, servicing or maintaining security or fire alarm systems or

who, without a license to engage in the business of installing,

servicing or maintaining security or fire alarm systems, directly or

indirectly employs, permits or authorizes an unlicensed person to engage

in the business of installing, servicing or maintaining security or fire

alarm systems, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,

shall be punishable by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by a

fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and

imprisonment upon the first conviction and by imprisonment of not more

than one year or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor

more than five thousand dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment

upon a subsequent conviction. Each violation of this article shall be

deemed a separate offense.