N.Y. Lost and Strayed Animals 115/1894 § 9: No title

§ 9. Any person or persons, who shall hinder or molest or interfere

with any officer or agent of the department of health and mental hygiene

of such city in the performance of any duty enjoined by this act, or who

shall use a license tag on a dog for which it was not issued, shall be

deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who for the purpose of

participating in the "animal population control program" shall falsify

proof of adoption from a pound, shelter, duly incorporated society for

the prevention of cruelty to animals, humane society or dog or cat

protective association or who shall furnish any licensed veterinarian of

this state with inaccurate information concerning his or her residency

or the ownership of an animal or such person's authority to submit an

animal for a sterilization procedure established pursuant to section

17-812 of the administrative code of the city of New York and any

veterinarian who shall furnish false information concerning an animal

sterilization fee schedule or an animal sterilization certificate shall

be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than two

hundred fifty dollars where prosecuted pursuant to the penal law, or

where prosecuted as an action to recover a civil penalty of not more

than two hundred fifty dollars. Notices of violation may be issued

pursuant to this act by any officer or agent of the department of health

and mental hygiene of such city, or any other agency or entity

designated by the commissioner of health and mental hygiene of such

city, and such notices of violation shall be returnable to the

environmental control board or to the health tribunal of the office of

administrative trials and hearings of the city of New York.