N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 46: Information; penalty

§ 46. Information; penalty. The employee or his dependents, if so

requested, shall furnish the last employer or the board with such

information as to the names and addresses of all his other employers

during the said twelve months, as he or they may possess; and if such

information is not furnished, or is not sufficient to enable such last

employer to take proceedings against a prior employer under section

forty-four, unless it be established that the disease actually was

contracted while the employee was in his employment, such last employer

shall not be liable to pay compensation, or, if such information is not

furnished or is not sufficient to enable such last employer to take

proceedings against other employers under section forty-four, such last

employer shall be liable only for such part of the total compensation as

under the particular circumstances the board may deem just; but a false

statement in the information furnished as aforesaid shall not impair the

workman's rights unless the last employer is prejudiced thereby.