N.Y. Labor Law § 213: Violations of provisions of labor law; the rules, regulations or orders of the industrial commissioner and the industrial board of appeals

§ 213. Violations of provisions of labor law; the rules, regulations

or orders of the industrial commissioner and the industrial board of

appeals. Any person who violates or does not comply with any provision

of the labor law, any rule, regulation or lawful order of the industrial

commissioner or the industrial board of appeals, and the officers and

agents of any corporation who knowingly permit the corporation to

violate such provisions, are guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction

shall be punished, except as in this chapter or in the penal law

otherwise provided, for a first offense by a fine of not more than one

hundred dollars, provided, however, that if the first offense is a

violation of a rule or provision for the protection of the safety or

health of employees or persons lawfully frequenting a place to which

this chapter applies, the punishment shall be a fine of not more than

one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or

by both such fine and imprisonment; for a second offense by a fine of

not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by

imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and

imprisonment; for a subsequent offense by a fine of not less than three

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

both such fine and imprisonment. This section shall not apply to any

person covered by section twenty-seven-a of this chapter.