N.Y. General Business Law § 85: Prosecution

§ 85. Prosecution. Criminal action for violation of this article shall

be prosecuted by the attorney general, his or her deputy, or a district

attorney, in the name of the people of the state. In any such

prosecution the attorney general, or his or her deputy, shall exercise

all the powers and perform all duties which the district attorney would

otherwise be authorized to exercise or to perform therein. The attorney

general or a district attorney shall, upon a conviction for a violation

of any provision of this article and within ten days thereafter, make

and file with the department of state a detailed report showing the date

of such conviction, the name of the person convicted and the nature of

the charge.