Legislation
SECTION 1703
Enforcement
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 47
* § 1703. Enforcement. 1. Whenever the attorney general shall believe
from evidence satisfactory to them that an operator has engaged in or is
about to engage in any of the acts or practices stated to be unlawful in
this article or in violation of section seventeen hundred one or
seventeen hundred two of this article, they may bring an action in the
name and on behalf of the people of the state of New York to enjoin an
operator from continuing such unlawful acts or practices, and may seek
civil penalties of up to fifteen thousand dollars per day for a
violation under section seventeen hundred one or seventeen hundred two
of this article, and may seek such other remedies as the court may deem
appropriate.
2. All fees, fines and penalties collected under this article shall be
deposited into the suicide prevention fund as established pursuant to
section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law.
* NB Effective November 5, 2025
from evidence satisfactory to them that an operator has engaged in or is
about to engage in any of the acts or practices stated to be unlawful in
this article or in violation of section seventeen hundred one or
seventeen hundred two of this article, they may bring an action in the
name and on behalf of the people of the state of New York to enjoin an
operator from continuing such unlawful acts or practices, and may seek
civil penalties of up to fifteen thousand dollars per day for a
violation under section seventeen hundred one or seventeen hundred two
of this article, and may seek such other remedies as the court may deem
appropriate.
2. All fees, fines and penalties collected under this article shall be
deposited into the suicide prevention fund as established pursuant to
section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law.
* NB Effective November 5, 2025