New York Laws
Article 27 - Enforcement; Penalties; State Aid
27.11 - Offenses; Penalties.

(a) traffic infraction, if such provision, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation or order is one which regulates traffic as specified in
section one hundred fifty-five of the vehicle and traffic law, but does
not relate to snowmobiles.
(b) violation, for any other offense.
2. A traffic infraction shall be punishable as provided in subdivision
(b) of section one thousand eight hundred of the vehicle and traffic law
in the same manner as if the offense were a violation of the vehicle and
traffic law. A violation shall be punishable as provided in the penal
law. Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of article
twenty-five of this chapter a court may also require the convicted
person, as a condition of the sentence in addition to any other penalty,
to successfully complete a snowmobile safety course approved by the
commissioner.

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