N.Y. CVR Law § 41

§ 41. Penalty for violation. Any person who or any agency, bureau,\ncorporation or association which shall violate any of the provisions of\nsections forty, forty-a, forty-b or forty-two or who or which shall aid\nor incite the violation of any of said provisions and any officer or\nmember of a labor organization, as defined by section forty-three of\nthis chapter, or any person representing any organization or acting in\nits behalf who shall violate any of the provisions of section\nforty-three of this chapter or who shall aid or incite the violation of\nany of the provisions of such section shall for each and every violation\nthereof be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor\nmore than five hundred dollars, to be recovered by the person aggrieved\nthereby or by any resident of this state, to whom such person shall\nassign his cause of action, in any court of competent jurisdiction in\nthe county in which the plaintiff or the defendant shall reside; and\nsuch person and the manager or owner of or each officer of such agency,\nbureau, corporation or association, and such officer or member of a\nlabor organization or person acting in his behalf, as the case may be\nshall, also, for every such offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,\nand upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred\ndollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned not\nless than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and\nimprisonment. At or before the commencement of any action under this\nsection, notice thereof shall be served upon the attorney general.\n