N.Y. Public Health Law § 3457: Violations; injunctions

§ 3457. Violations; injunctions. 1. (a) The attorney general may

maintain an action upon his own information or upon the complaint of any

person against any person, partnership, corporation or association, and

any employee, agent, director or officer thereof, who shall violate any

of the provisions of this article.

(b) In such action the final judgment in favor of the plaintiff must

perpetually restrain the defendant or defendants from the commission or

continuance of the acts complained of.

(c) A temporary injunction to restrain the commission or continuance

of the acts complained about may be granted upon proof, by affidavit,

that the defendant has or defendants have violated any of the provisions

of this article. The provisions of statute or rule relating generally to

injunctions as provisional remedies in actions shall apply to such

temporary injunction and the proceedings thereupon.

2. The plaintiff in such action shall be entitled to an examination

before trial of the defendant or defendants and of witnesses as to

testimony that is material and necessary in such action.

3. The action aforesaid shall be in addition to any penal proceedings.