{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-166","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Election Law § 17-166","heading":"Penalty","body":"§ 17-166. Penalty. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this\narticle shall for a first offense be punished by imprisonment for not\nmore than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars\nnor more than five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and\nimprisonment. Any person who, having been convicted of a misdemeanor\nunder this article, shall thereafter be convicted of another misdemeanor\nunder this article, shall be guilty of a felony.","path":["Election Law","Article 17. Protecting the Elective Franchise","Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ELN/17-166","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"b27f1b4d5941222cc1d21856063539e7469226af15d3b6f3649d77b6fbcc3ccd","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-164","next":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-168"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}