N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 512: Operation while registration or privilege is suspended or revoked

§ 512. Operation while registration or privilege is suspended or

revoked. Any person who operates any motor vehicle upon a public highway

while the certificate of registration of such motor vehicle or privilege

of operation of such motor vehicle in this state or privilege of

obtaining a certificate of registration issued by the commissioner is

suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon

conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor

more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not exceeding

thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment for conviction of a

first offense; by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more

than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not exceeding ninety

days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a conviction of a second

offense committed within a period of eighteen months; by a fine of not

less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by

imprisonment for not exceeding one hundred eighty days or by both such

fine and imprisonment for a conviction of a third or subsequent offense

committed within a period of eighteen months.