N.Y. Labor Law § 728: Enforcement of financial reporting and accounting duties

§ 728. Enforcement of financial reporting and accounting duties. 1.

Any officer, agent, or employee of any labor organization or employer

organization, or any employer or labor relations consultant who wilfully

fails or refuses to comply with any provision of sections seven hundred

twenty-six or seven hundred twenty-seven of this article shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year,

or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both.

2. Any officer, agent, or employee of a labor organization or employer

organization, or any employer or labor relations consultant who

knowingly causes any person to fail or refuse to comply with any

provision of sections seven hundred twenty-six or seven hundred

twenty-seven of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,

punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of

not more than one thousand dollars, or by both.

3. Any prosecution brought under subdivisions one and two of this

section shall, in the case of a labor organization or an employer

organization, be conducted in the county where such organization has a

place of business and, in the case of an employer or labor relations

consultant, in the county where such person resides or has a place of

business; provided, however, that if such organization does not have a

place of business within the state of New York or such person has

neither a residence nor place of business within the state, the

prosecution shall be conducted in the county of Albany.

4. If any officer, agent, or employee of a labor organization or

employer organization, or any employer or labor relations consultant

fails or refuses to comply with any provision of sections seven hundred

twenty-six or seven hundred twenty-seven of this article, or causes any

person to fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of these

sections, the industrial commissioner may issue an order directing

compliance. If the order is not complied with within ten days after

issuance, there may be instituted in the name of the people of the state

a proceeding to compel compliance with these sections.