New York Laws
Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control
27-1015 - Violations.

(b) Any person, having previously been convicted of a violation of
paragraph (a) of this section within the past three years, who willfully
violates or directs another to violate the requirements to collect or
charge the refund value imposed by section 27-1005 or paragraph a of
subdivision nine of section 27-1012 of this title on five thousand or
more beverage containers in one or more separate transactions within one
year shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who willfully violates or directs another to violate
the requirements to collect or charge the refund value imposed by
section 27-1005 or paragraph a of subdivision nine of section 27-1012 of
this title on twenty thousand or more beverage containers in one or more
separate transactions within one year shall be guilty of a class E
felony.
Nothing in this subdivision shall apply to common or contract carriers
or warehousemen while engaged in lawfully transporting or storing such
containers as merchandise, nor to any employee of such carrier or
warehouseman acting within the scope of his or her employment.
7. A violation of this title, except as otherwise provided in this
section and section 27-1012 of this title, shall be a public nuisance.