New York Laws
Title 17 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Public Health Law
71-1711 - Willful Violation of Health Laws.

1. A person who willfully violates or refuses or omits to comply with
any lawful order or regulation prescribed by any local board of health
or local health officer, is guilty of a misdemeanor; except, however,
that where such order or regulation applies to a tenant with respect to
his own dwelling unit or to an owner occupied one or two family
dwelling, such person is guilty of an offense for the first violation
punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars and for a second or
subsequent violation is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not
to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six
months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. A person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter
listed in section 71-1701, or of titles 17 through 21 inclusive of this
article, or any regulation lawfully made or established by any public
officer or board under authority of such provisions, the punishment for
violating which is not otherwise prescribed by such provisions or any
other law, is punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a
fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or by both.