N.Y. LAB Law § 213

§ 213. Violations of provisions of labor law; the rules, regulations\nor orders of the industrial commissioner and the industrial board of\nappeals. Any person who violates or does not comply with any provision\nof the labor law, any rule, regulation or lawful order of the industrial\ncommissioner or the industrial board of appeals, and the officers and\nagents of any corporation who knowingly permit the corporation to\nviolate such provisions, are guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction\nshall be punished, except as in this chapter or in the penal law\notherwise provided, for a first offense by a fine of not more than one\nhundred dollars, provided, however, that if the first offense is a\nviolation of a rule or provision for the protection of the safety or\nhealth of employees or persons lawfully frequenting a place to which\nthis chapter applies, the punishment shall be a fine of not more than\none hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or\nby both such fine and imprisonment; for a second offense by a fine of\nnot less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by\nimprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and\nimprisonment; for a subsequent offense by a fine of not less than three\nhundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or by\nboth such fine and imprisonment. This section shall not apply to any\nperson covered by section twenty-seven-a of this chapter.\n