N.Y. GBS Law § 399-F

§ 399-f. Laundromat refund procedures. 1. "Self service laundromats"\nor "coin operated laundries" shall mean and include all laundromats and\nany apartment building with two or more washing machines or clothes\ndryers.\n 2. All self service laundromats, except those staffed by a full-time\nattendant, shall be required to post two signs with dimensions no less\nthan twelve inches by eighteen inches. One sign shall list the owner's\nname and address, and the second sign shall give the price for the use\nof the washer and dryer, the cycle time per unit of payment, and the\nmethod of refund if the coins are lost in the machines, including a\ntelephone number or address to contact for refund. Information for the\nmethod of refund shall read as follows: "If coins are lost in the coin\nreceptacle of the washer or dryer, contact (insert the name and address\nor telephone number of a person designated by the owner of the self\nservice laundromat to contact for refund)."\n 3. All signs shall be prominently displayed in a clearly visible area\nof the self service laundromat.\n 4. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association,\ncompany or organization which owns and/or operates such business and\nknowingly fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be\nassessed a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars for the first\nviolation, one hundred dollars for a second violation and two hundred\nfifty dollars for any subsequent violation. Each day such offense shall\ncontinue shall constitute a separate additional violation. It shall be a\ndefense to the imposition of any such civil penalty if the owner or\noperator posted a sign as required by this section and such sign was\nremoved or defaced by vandals, provided the owner or operator\nsubsequently complies with the requirements of this section.\n 5. This section shall not annul, alter, affect or exempt any person,\nfirm, partnership, corporation, association, company or organization\nsubject to the provisions of this section from complying with the laws,\nordinances, rules or regulations of any locality, relating to the\nposting of laundromat refund procedures, except to the extent that these\nlaws, ordinances, rules or regulations are inconsistent with any\nprovision of this section, but no such local law, ordinance, rule or\nregulation shall be considered inconsistent, if it affords greater\nprotection to the consumer.\n