N.Y. Yonkers financial emergency act 103/84 § 12: Prohibitions; penalties

§ 12. Prohibitions; penalties. 1. During the emergency period (i) no

officer or employee of the city or of any of the covered organizations

shall make or authorize an obligation or other liability in excess of

the amount available therefor under the financial plan as then in

effect; (ii) no officer or employee of the city or of any of the covered

organizations shall involve the city or any of the covered organizations

in any contract or other obligation or liability for the payment of

money for any purpose required to be approved by the board unless such

contract has been so approved and unless such contract or obligation or

liability is in compliance with the financial plan as then in effect.

2. No officer or employee of the city or any of the covered

organizations shall take any action in violation of any valid order of

the board or shall fail or refuse to take any action required by any

such order or shall prepare, present or certify any information

(including any projections or estimates) or report for the board or any

of its agents that is false or misleading, or, upon learning that any

such information is false or misleading, shall fail promptly to advise

the board or its agents thereof.

3. In addition to any penalty or liability under any other law, any

officer or employee of the city or any of the covered organizations who

shall violate subdivision one or two of this section shall be subject to

appropriate administrative discipline, including, when circumstances

warrant, suspension from duty without pay or removal from office by

order of either the governor or the mayor; and any officer or employee

of the city or any of the covered organizations who shall knowingly and

willfully violate subdivision one or two of this section shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

4. In the case of a violation of subdivision one or two of this

section by an officer or employee of the city or any of the covered

organizations, the mayor or the chief executive officer of such covered

organization shall immediately report to the board all pertinent facts

together with a statement of the action taken thereon.