N.Y. General Business Law § 716: Violations and penalties

§ 716. Violations and penalties. Whenever there shall be a violation

of this section, an application may be made by the attorney general in

the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or justice

having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the

defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the

continuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to the

satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has, in fact,

violated this section, an injunction may be issued by such court or

justice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without

requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged

thereby. In any such proceeding the court may make allowances to the

attorney general as provided in section eighty-three hundred three,

subdivision six of the civil practice law and rules, and direct

restitution. In connection with any such proposed application, the

attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of

the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil

practice law and rules.